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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Object \Ob*ject"\, 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Object \Ob*ject"\, v. i. To make opposition in words or argument; -- usually followed by to --Sir. T. More From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Object \Ob"ject\, 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Object \Ob*ject"\, a. [L. objectus p. p.] Opposed; presented in opposition; also exposed. [Obs.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: object n 1: a physical (tangible and visible) entity; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" [syn: {physical object}] 2: the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" [syn: {aim}, {objective}, {target}] 3: a grammatical constituent that is acted upon "the object of the verb" 4: the focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection" v : express or raise an objection or protest; express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with" From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: object In {object-oriented programming}, a unique instance of a data structure defined according to the template provided by its {class}. Each object has its own values for the variables belonging to its class and can respond to the messages ({method}s) defined by its class.
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