Ob*ject" (&obreve;b*j&ebreve;kt"), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Objected;
p. pr. & vb. n. Objecting.] [L.
objectus, p. p. of objicere, obicere, to throw
or put before, to oppose; ob (see Ob-) + jacere
to throw: cf. objecter. See Jet a shooting forth.]
1. To set before or against; to bring into
opposition; to oppose. [Obs.]
Of less account some knight thereto object,
Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove.
Fairfax.
Some strong impediment or other objecting
itself.
Hooker.
Pallas to their eyes
The mist objected, and condensed the skies.
Pope.
2. To offer in opposition as a criminal
charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection
or adverse reason.
He gave to him to object his heinous
crime.
Spencer.
Others object the poverty of the
nation.
Addison.
The book . . . giveth liberty to object any
crime against such as are to be ordered.
Whitgift.
Ob*ject", v. i. To make opposition
in words or argument; -- usually followed by to.
Sir. T. More.
Ob"ject (&obreve;b"j&ebreve;kt), n. [L.
objectus. See Object, v. t.]
1. That which is put, or which may be
regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible
or tangible; as, he observed an object in the distance; all
the objects in sight; he touched a strange object in
the dark.
2. That which is set, or which may be
regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known;
that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance,
whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind
itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought,
study, etc.
Object is a term for that about which the
knowing subject is conversant; what the schoolmen have styled the
"materia circa quam."
Sir. W. Hamilton.
The object of their bitterest
hatred.
Macaulay.
3. That by which the mind, or any of its
activities, is directed; that on which the purpose are fixed as the
end of action or effort; that which is sought for; end; aim; motive;
final cause.
Object, beside its proper signification, came
to be abusively applied to denote motive, end, final cause . . . .
This innovation was probably borrowed from the French.
Sir. W. Hamilton.
Let our object be, our country, our whole
country, and nothing but our country.
D.
Webster.
4. Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
[Obs.] Shak.
He, advancing close
Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose
In glorious object.
Chapman.
5. (Gram.) A word, phrase, or clause
toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed;
as, the object of a transitive verb.
Object glass, the lens, or system of lenses,
placed at the end of a telescope, microscope, etc., which is toward
the object. Its office is to form an image of the object, which is
then viewed by the eyepiece. Called also objective. See
Illust. of Microscope. -- Object
lesson, a lesson in which object teaching is made use
of. -- Object staff. (Leveling)
Same as Leveling staff. -- Object
teaching, a method of instruction, in which
illustrative objects are employed, each new word or idea being
accompanied by a representation of that which it signifies; -- used
especially in the kindergarten, for young children.
Ob*ject" (?), a. [L. objectus,
p. p.] Opposed; presented in opposition; also,
exposed. [Obs.]
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