objective

& s. [English object; -ive; Fr. object if.] A. As adjective : I. Ord. Lang.: Pertaining or belonging to the object; contained in or proposed as an object. II. Technically : 1. Gram.: Pertaining or belonging to the object of a transitive verb or a preposition; as, the objec tive case, an objective clause. 2. Metaph .: (See extracts.) "The terms subjective and objective denote the primary distinction in consciousne of self and not-self, and this distinction involves the whole science of mind, for this science is nothing more than a determination of the subjective and objective in themselves and in their mutual nelations."- Hamilton : Metaphysics (ed. Mansel), i. 160, 161. "Objective means that which belongs to, or proceeds from, the object known, and not from the subject know ing, and thus denotes what is real, in opposition to what is ideal-what exists in nature, in contrast to what exists merely in the thought of the individual."- Hamilton : Metaphysics (ed. Mansel), i. 150, 160. B. As substantive : Gram.: The objective case; in Ital. obiettare, obbiettare.] A. Transitive: *1. To put, throw, or place in the way; to oppose "Pallas to their eyes The mist objected." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, vii. 54. *2. To put forward, to venture, to expose. "To objecte their owne bodyes and lyves for their de fence."-Sir T. Elyot: Castel of Helth , bk. iii., ch. xii. *3. To set clearly in view; to expose. "Amaze poor mortals and object their crimes." Herbert. ( Ann andale.) *4. To propose, to suggest; to bring forward as a proposal. "Good Master Vernon, it is well objected." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I., n. 4. 5. To bring forward as a charge, matter of reproach, or censure, or in any way adverse or unfavorable; to state or urge as an objection; to offer in opposition; frequently followed by to or against . B. In trans.: To make objection in words or argument; to raise objections; to argue against anything. "Ye kinges mother obiected openly against his marriage."- Sir T. More: Workes , p. 60. *ob-ject', a . [Lat. object us , pa. par. of objicio = to throw against or toward.] [OBJECT, v.] 1. Set or placed before; exposed. "Flowers growing scattered in divers beds, will show more so as that they be object to view at once." - Bacon . 2. Opposed, objected; presented or put forward in opposition. *ob-ject-a-ble, a . [Eng. object ; -able.] Capable of being made or urged as an objection. "It is as object able against all those things, which either native beauty or art afford." -Bp. Taylor: Artificial Handsomene , p. 145. tob-ject-1-fy, vt. [English object; suff.fy.] To form into an object; to cause to a ume the character of an object.