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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Objective \Ob*jec"tive\, a. [Cf.F. objectif.] 1. Of or pertaining to an object. 2. (Metaph.) Of or pertaining to an object; contained in or having the nature or position of an object; outward; external; extrinsic; -- an epithet applied to whatever ir exterior to the mind, or which is simply an object of thought or feeling, and opposed to {subjective}. In the Middle Ages, subject meant substance, and has this sense in Descartes and Spinoza: sometimes also in Reid. Subjective is used by William of Occam to denote that which exists independent of mind; objective, what is formed by the mind. This shows what is meant by realitas objectiva in Descartes. Kant and Fichte have inverted the meanings. Subject, with them is the mind which knows object, that which is known subjective, the varying conditions of the knowing mind; objective, that which is in the constant nature of the thing known --Trendelenburg. Objective means that which belongs to or proceeds from the object known and not from the subject knowing, and thus denotes what is real, in opposition to that which is ideal -- what exists in nature, in contrast to what exists merely in the thought of the individual. --Sir. W. Hamilton. Objective has come to mean that which has independent exostence or authority, apart from our experience or thought. Thus moral law is said to have objective authority, that is authority belonging to itself and not drawn from anything in our nature. --Calderwood (Fleming's Vocabulary). 3. (Gram.) Pertaining to or designating, the case which follows a transitive verb or a preposition, being that case in which the direct object of the verb is placed. See {Accusative}, n. Note: The objective case is frequently used without a governing word esp. in designations of time or space, where a preposition, as at in on etc., may be supplied. My troublous dream [on] this night make me sad. --Shak. To write of victories [in or for] next year. --Hudibras. {Objective line} (Perspective), a line drawn on the geometrical plane which is represented or sought to be represented. {Objective plane} (Perspective), any plane in the horizontal plane that is represented. {Objective point}, the point or result to which the operations of an army are directed. By extension, the point or purpose to which anything as a journey or an argument, is directed. Syn: {Objective}, {Subjective}. Usage: Objective is applied to things exterior to the mind, and objects of its attention; subjective, to the operations of the mind itself Hence an objective motive is some outward thing awakening desire; a subjective motive is some internal feeling or propensity. Objective views are those governed by outward things subjective views are produced or modified by internal feeling. Sir Walter Scott's poetry is chiefly objective; that of Wordsworth is eminently subjective. In the philosophy of mind, subjective denotes what is to be referred to the thinking subject, the ego; objective what belongs to the object of thought, the non-ego. --Sir. W. Hamilton From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Objective \Ob*jec"tive\, n. 1. (Gram.) The objective case. 2. An object glass. See under {Object}, n. 3. Same as {Objective point}, under {Objective}, a. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: objective adj 1: undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence" [syn: {nonsubjective}] [ant: {subjective}] 2: (grammar) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective case"; "accusative endings" [syn: {accusative}] 3: emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation; "objective art" 4: belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; "concrete benefits"; "a concrete example"; "there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind" n 1: 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}, {object}, {target}] 2: the lens or system of lenses nearest the object being viewed [syn: {object glass}]
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