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ordinary things Object Lessons (novel), a 1991 novel by Anna Quindlen Object lesson, a teaching method that consists of using a physical object or visual aid
Object_Lessons
1991 novel by Anna Quindlen
person's novel." The title is drawn from the phrase "object lesson," a teaching method. Object Lessons centers on the Scanlan family, who live in New York
Object_Lessons_(novel)
Series of books and essays
Object Lessons is "an essay and book series about the hidden lives of ordinary things". Each of the essays (2,000 words) and the books (25,000 words) investigate
Object_Lessons_(book_series)
Teaching method
Object lessons were important elements in teaching during the Victorian era of the mid- to late-nineteenth century. Elizabeth Mayo's books Lessons on
Object_lesson
1958 picture book by Edward Gorey
The Object-Lesson (1958) is a picture book by Edward Gorey. A work of surrealist art and literature, it is typical of Gorey's avant-garde style of storytelling
The_Object-Lesson
Pejorative term
Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 1 September 2018. Weaver, Heather A. (2012). "Object lessons: a cultural genealogy of the dunce cap and the apple as visual tropes
Dunce
and Bible Hygiene CTBH 1890 162 Good Health Publishing Co. Christ's Object Lessons COL 1900 421 Review and Herald Publishing Association Colporteur Evangelist
Ellen_G._White_bibliography
p. 24 Christ’s Object Lessons to Provide Funds for Schools. part of letter 143, 1902 to Sister Mary M. E. Cady. Christ's Object Lesson at Healdsburg.
History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
History_of_the_Seventh-day_Adventist_Church
1997 fantasy novel by J. K. Rowling
like bullying. The Harry Potter series has been used as a source of object lessons in educational techniques, sociological analysis, and marketing. Harry
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher's_Stone
Philosophical and Historical Theory
political lessons to be learned from the Holocaust, and if so what they are. In contemporary discourse, there are many references to proposed lessons to be
Lessons_of_the_Holocaust
Sexual fascination with hands
displaying short descriptions of redirect targets E. L. McCallum. 1998. Object Lessons: How to Do Things With Fetishism. SUNY Press.ISBN 0791439798. p.59 Scorolli
Hand_fetishism
Programming paradigm based on objects
Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on objects – software entities that encapsulate data and function(s).[clarification needed]
Object-oriented_programming
Tool for smoothing cloth using heat and pressure
2022-10-30. "Goffering Irons, Victorian, Original | Object Lessons - Houses & Homes: Victorians". Object Lessons. Retrieved 2014-06-04. "Crimping, fluting, goffering
Clothes_iron
Category of magic used to promote Christian messages
is the use of otherwise standard stage magic tricks and illusions as object lessons to promote Christian messages. Gospel magic does not claim to invoke
Gospel_magic
Household item
cooker manufacturer behind Belling ovens to shed 300 jobs". "Belling Bedwarmer, 1960s, Original". Object Lessons. Archived from the original on 2015-01-09.
Bed_warmer
American painter (born 1960)
Theatricality and You", Artslant Frank, Peter (October 3, 2007). "Object Lessons". LA Weekly. Ali, Reyan (July 27, 2011). "Transcendental Trees". Santa
Lucas_Reiner
Iranian mythological bird
Birds Have Been Reinvented As Mythical Creatures Around The World — Object Lessons Space". objectlessons.space. Retrieved 23 July 2024. Mahamedi, Hamid
Simurgh
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1873–1937)
Butler described Daly as "the fightingest Marine I ever knew...It was an object lesson to have served with him." General John A. Lejeune called Daly "the outstanding
Daniel_Daly
Erotic roleplay related to BDSM
from the original on February 9, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017. "Object Lesson: Did Aristotle Really Humiliate Himself for Phyllis?". The National
Animal_roleplay
1989 American film
divorcee Cheryl, and alienated convict Gray. Through various exercises and object lessons beneath the sheltering pines, firm-but-gentle Hank teaches this crew
Survival_Quest
American writer and illustrator (1925–2000)
humor and cartoon sections of major bookstores, but books such as The Object Lesson have earned serious critical respect as works of surrealist art. His
Edward_Gorey
2015 book by Joanna Walsh
book is in the Bloomsbury series Object Lessons The book is an instalment in the Bloomsbury Academic series Object Lessons. The series is intended to discuss
Hotel_(Walsh_book)
Book by Ellen G. White (1898)
on the Sermon on the Mount, The Desire of Ages (1898), and Christ's Object Lessons (1900) – on Jesus' parables. These works, in her own understanding,
The_Desire_of_Ages
2022 novel by Vincenzo Latronico
Thomas (February 8, 2025). "Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico review – an object lesson in hollow hipsterism". The Guardian. United Kingdom. Marshall, Alex
Perfection_(novel)
American historian of science (born 1951)
Cambridge University Press 2006, ISBN 978-1107553668. Things that Talk: Object Lessons from Art and Science, Zone Books 2004, ISBN 978-1890951443. with Fernando
Lorraine_Daston
Swiss writer (1935–2026)
Chariots of the Gods? in high school and college logic courses, as object lessons in sloppy thinking. I know of no recent books so riddled with logical
Erich_von_Däniken
City in Mississippi, United States
the town. From the platform, he proclaimed that he was witnessing “an object lesson full of hope for the colored people and therefore full of hope for the
Mound_Bayou,_Mississippi
American philosopher
still holds. With Christopher Schaberg, he is co-editor of the series Object Lessons from Bloomsbury Publishing. His book Alien Phenomenology or What It's
Ian_Bogost
2011 American film
film 1.5 out of 4 stars stating that Straw Dogs "almost succeeds as an object lesson in the difference between being a man and being a macho animal. But
Straw_Dogs_(2011_film)
American singer, saxophonist and flautist (born 1943)
Vancouver: New Star Books. p. 525. ISBN 978-1-55420-146-4. "Project/Object Lessons Zappa Veterans Keep Rock Iconoclast's Music Alive". Albany Times Union
Napoleon_Murphy_Brock
Type of household cleaning tool used to clean carpets and rugs
Institution. Retrieved 2024-02-17. "Carpet Beaters, Victorian, Original". Object Lessons. Retrieved 2024-09-10. "Rug Beater – Benton County Museums". Retrieved
Carpet_beater
2021 film directed by Martin Prakkat
of 7.5/10. Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion wrote, "Nayattu is an object lesson on how to take a thriller template and subvert it, leaving the audience
Nayattu_(2021_film)
Observation that no scientific discovery is named after its discoverer
object lessons should teach us that ninety-nine parts of all things that proceed from the intellect are plagiarisms, pure and simple; and the lesson ought
Stigler's_law_of_eponymy
American yogi and businessman (1892–1955)
attained union with God through meditation. SRF presented him as an object lesson in the benefits of its teachings, and it represented his relationship
Rajarsi_Janakananda
American designer (1925–2020)
Are No Locks on the Bathroom Doors in the Hotel Louis XIV and Other Object Lessons, Caplan also wrote about design for major design magazines and was a
Ralph_Caplan
Teaching swimming
to swim with swimming lessons. There are community center lessons, semi-private lessons and private lessons. Swimming lessons can support children with
Swimming_lessons
Religious belief regarding moral perfection
such as 2 Peter 3 and Ellen White's statements in the book Christ's Object Lessons, i.e. page 69: "'When the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth
Last_Generation_Theology
American influencer and comedian (born 1999)
explodes — got cut short by Shane's need to scream over them. It was an object lesson in the fact that, for all it gets denigrated, red-carpet reporting is
Jake_Shane
1918–1919 revolution in Egypt
1914 to 1921 (in Arabic). Knowledge House. Berridge, W.J. (2011). "Object Lessons in Violence: The Rationalities and Irrationalities of Urban Struggle
1919_Egyptian_revolution
Library in Chicago, Illinois
cost of transportation improvements, and stated that the plan is an "object-lesson in the mistakes of the past". A counter-letter in support of the Obama
Barack Obama Presidential Center
Barack_Obama_Presidential_Center
American animated television series
performed vocal talents on the character. His shows always contained an object lesson for the viewers. The gang would watch the program at the beginning of
Fat_Albert_and_the_Cosby_Kids
The debates of that day reveal a desire to study and profit from the object lessons offered by ancient democracy.[citation needed] Prior to independence
Term limits in the United States
Term_limits_in_the_United_States
Museum in New York City
called "The Keeper". With over 4,000 objects from more than two dozen collectors, it presented object lessons about the process of collecting. In March
New_Museum
American novelist and religious writer
Mary of Nazareth in narrative form. Experimental Object Lessons (1910) and Illustrative Object Lessons (1923) are aimed at the Christian education of children
Charlotte_E._Gray
Questions | Cascade Iron Co". Cascade Iron Co. Retrieved 2025-09-05. [1] Object Lessons: The Shaker Peg Rail (Plus Five to Buy) - Remodelista "Small hallway
Wardrobe_hook
Theory of discrimination
aspirations and intersectional judgements)". In Wiegman, Robyn (ed.). Object lessons. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press. p. 244. doi:10.1515/9780822394945
Intersectionality
English Catholic martyr (died 1537)
supporters of the Pilgrimage.... Lady Bulmer's execution ... was an object-lesson to husbands ... to teach them to distrust their wives." The court records
Margaret_Cheyne
Digital optical disc data storage format
Ohmsha Ltd. ISBN 4-274-03347-3. Barry, Robert (2020). Compact Disc (Object Lessons). New York: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-5013-4851-8. The world's first CD-R
Compact_disc
City in Ohio, United States
Cleveland Landmarks Press. ISBN 978-0936760209. Turner, Evan H. (1991). Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland
Marxist campus organization
disintegration into Stalinism and so serve as the foremost negative object lessons for any contemporary attempt to recover Marxism. In reading groups organized
Platypus_Affiliated_Society
1693 book by John Locke
relying on Locke's theories, developed the concept of the "object lesson". These lessons focused pupils' attention on a particular thing and encouraged
Some Thoughts Concerning Education
Some_Thoughts_Concerning_Education
1886 American political cartoon
into the 20th following the red scare. In John Francis Knott's The Object Lesson, Uncle Sam stands at the exit of an immigration processing center and
Uncle_Sam_Kicks_Out_Chinaman
Ships that carried Irish and Scottish migrants during the 19th century
Light" from the collection In a Time of Violence, and in her memoir Object Lessons: The Life of the Woman and the Poet in Our Time.[citation needed] Flogging
Coffin_ship
Historian, writer, editor, activist
space in the world." In 2022, her book Fat was released as part of the Object Lessons series from Bloomsbury. Zaftig: Well-Rounded Erotica. Cleis Press, 2001
Hanne_Blank
Roman general and statesman (115–53 BC)
along Rome's principal route to the south. This was intended as an object lesson to anyone especially slaves who might think of rebelling against Roman
Marcus_Licinius_Crassus
Scottish actor (1930–2020)
@TwoPaddocks (31 October 2020). "Every day on set with #SeanConnery was an object lesson in how to act on screen. But all that charisma and power – that was
Sean_Connery
Aesop's fable
numbered 346 in the Perry Index. It has been popular since antiquity as an object lesson of how freedom should not be exchanged for comfort or financial gain
The_Dog_and_the_Wolf
Christ's Object Lessons came to be linked to the financial support of Adventist schools, "I am so thankful for the work that Christ’s Object Lessons has accomplished
History_of_Kingsway_College
1960s anatomic chair design
Antonelli (Museum of Modern Art | MOMA), Sacco Chair | Object Lesson Ingrid Halland, The unstable object: Glifo, Blow, Sacco at MoMA, 1972, Journal of Design
Bean_bag_chair
Australian-American film director
controversial and iconoclastic performance artist Ron Athey, and co-directed Object Lessons (1999) along with Catherine Lord, which uses the creation of a gallery
Catherine_Gund
Philanthropist and museum director
"Frederic A. Whiting: Founding the Museum with Art and Craft," in Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, ed. Evan H. Turner (Cleveland: The
Frederic_Allen_Whiting
New York–based English-language literary magazine
workplace. In October 2012, The Paris Review published an anthology, Object Lessons, comprising a selection of 20 short stories from The Paris Review's
The_Paris_Review
American author and journalist
Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting (2019) Write for Your Life (2022) Object Lessons (1991) One True Thing (1994) Black and Blue (1998) Blessings (2002)
Anna_Quindlen
American computer scientist
presentation The rise and fall of High Performance Fortran: an historical object lesson, in which Kennedy discussed the general failure of the High Performance
Ken Kennedy (computer scientist)
Ken_Kennedy_(computer_scientist)
English educational reformer and evangelical writer
Elizabeth Mayo. Lessons on Objects On Shells Lessons on Scripture Prints 1840 On Miracles 1845 On Religious Instruction 1849 Model Lessons for Infant Schools
Elizabeth_Mayo
German glass artists
ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-03. Daston, Lorraine (2004). Things That Talk: Object Lessons from Art and Science. New York: Zone. "The Archives of Rudolph and Leopold
Leopold_and_Rudolf_Blaschka
British academic and writer (born 1986)
doi:10.1017/CBO9781316161012. ISBN 9781316161012. ——— (2016). Password. Object Lessons. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1501314872. ——— (2016). Literature Against
Martin_Paul_Eve
1948 painting by Jackson Pollock
CEO Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac) owns the painting and uses it as an object lesson for the protagonist Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), noting that No.
No._5,_1948
BBC Radio 4-British Museum collaboration
A History of the World in 100 Objects is a joint project of BBC Radio 4 and the British Museum, consisting of a 100-part radio series written and presented
A History of the World in 100 Objects
A_History_of_the_World_in_100_Objects
Period of economic stagnation in Japan
2020. Tabuchi, Hiroko (22 February 2009). "When Consumers Cut Back: An Object Lesson From Japan". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 May 2010. "世帯所得、昭和に逆戻り…10年平均538万円"
Lost_Decades
2019 novel by Amal el-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
actually—about conflict, love, and resistance", and treats the time war as "an object lesson, a conceit, the unending and reason-less conflict that consumes generations
This Is How You Lose the Time War
This_Is_How_You_Lose_the_Time_War
American journalist and author
beautifully written frontlines study of war". The book is a part of Object Lessons series, a book series about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Wired
Kenneth_R._Rosen
King of the English from 939 to 946
neighbourhood, are clearly evident." Wormald describes the codes as "an object-lesson in the variety of Anglo-Saxon legal texts", but he sees what they have
Edmund_I
Medieval tale of a woman making a fool of an aged philosopher
Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2018. "Object Lesson: Did Aristotle Really Humiliate Himself for Phyllis?". The National
Phyllis_and_Aristotle
American journalist and author
of Pakistan. Boston: Beacon Press. 2016. ISBN 978-0807080467. Veil (Object Lessons). London: Bloomsbury Academic. 2017. ISBN 978-1501322778. Against White
Rafia_Zakaria
Venezuelan-born independent scholar
in 1994 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1996. She writes the column "Object Lesson" for the publication Cabinet. "Celeste Olalquiaga". Iniva. Archived
Celeste_Olalquiaga
Understanding that objects exist when unobserved
Object permanence is the understanding that whether an object can be sensed has no effect on whether it continues to exist. This is a fundamental concept
Object_permanence
American author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
concise (evangelical) treatment of personal devotional topics. Christ's Object Lessons (1900), about the parables of Jesus. Education (1903), principles of
Ellen_G._White
Ethnic group of Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe
Education Library (2003). "Makonde 'Tree Of Life' Carving, Tanzania | Object Lessons - Ceremony & Celebration: Family & Culture". Islington Education Library
Makonde_people
Commedia dell'arte character
Walker & Company, 2006, pg. 200-201 "Kasperletheatre Puppets, Germany". ObjectLessons.org. Islington Education Library Service. Retrieved 9 December 2016
Pulcinella
Human attribution of special powers or value to an object
A fetish is an object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular, a human-made object that has power over others. Essentially, fetishism is
Fetishism
French Resistance hero (1899–1943)
the torture sessions, Barbie ordered that Moulin be displayed as an object lesson to other imprisoned members of the Resistance. The last time he was
Jean_Moulin
1992 studio album by L7
review for Playboy, Robert Christgau regarded Bricks Are Heavy as an "object lesson in how to advance your music by meeting the marketplace halfway", although
Bricks_Are_Heavy
American politician
Retrieved October 2, 2022. "Scranton Mayor-Elect Paige Cognetti offers an object lesson for Philly politics". The Philadelphia Citizen. November 15, 2019. Retrieved
Paige_Cognetti
American professor (1966–2024)
and Elizabeth Freeman” (in German). Springerin, no. 1 (2014). “Lessons from Object Lessons”. Feminist Formations vol. 25, no. 3 (2013). “Never the Usual
Elizabeth_Freeman_(professor)
Griffith. University of California Press. pp. 117–118. "The World as Object Lesson: The St. Louis World's Fair and the Cinema" (PDF). Film History. 6 (4):
Hale's_Tours_of_the_World
1955 television wireless remote control
control of the 1960s Benson-Allott, Caetlin (2015). Remote Control. Object Lessons. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 53. ISBN 9781623563110. Parsons, Patrick (2014)
Zenith_Flash-matic
Fundamental color in color mixing
Vocabulary. J. Wiley & son. Calkins, Norman Allison (1888). Primary Object Lessons: For Training the Senses and Developing the Faculties of Children .
Primary_color
2024 jazz album by Pat Metheny
2025. Collette, Doug (July 25, 2024). "Pat Metheny's 'Moondial' Is Object Lesson In Guitarist's Fascination With Possibility (ALBUM REVIEW)". Glide Magazine
MoonDial
American television journalist (1949–1991)
Philadelphia. Retrieved 29 May 2026. Smith, Elmer. "Jack Jones, an object lesson in achievement." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Daily News
Jack_Jones_(TV_journalist)
the story of the week, the outcome of this tale would naturally be object lessons on the duck and the swan. The children could draw the duck's egg; with
History of infant schools in Ireland
History_of_infant_schools_in_Ireland
British author and critic (b. 1970)
"VERTIGO". Kirkus Reviews. Harrison, Melissa (25 September 2015). "'Hotel (Object Lessons)', by Joanna Walsh". Financial Times. Retrieved 22 January 2025. "On
Joanna_Walsh
Roman emperor from AD 37 to 41
Barrett speculates that Caligula may have intended the whole event as an object lesson on how completely he was in charge: it may also provide "the most striking
Caligula
American gospel lyricist and evangelist
scientific experiments to illustrate the truths he was teaching. His object lessons were so popular that they were eventually incorporated into a book.
Daniel_Webster_Whittle
2026 South Korean television series
Teach You a Lesson (Korean: 참교육) is a 2026 South Korean action school drama television series written by Lee Nam-kyu [ko], Kim Da-hee, and Moon Jong-ho
Teach_You_a_Lesson
Philosopher
Humanities Press. ISBN 978-1785420269. Marder, Michael (2016). Dust (Object Lessons). Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1628925586. Marder, Michael (2015).
Michael_Marder
2010 film
disappearing on Horace. The people they meet on the road offer varying object lessons in coping with the disaster of living. A comically mismatched couple
Northern_Comfort
French curator and art critic (born 1965)
curated shows and photo Talk: Today's Art Practice "Islets" and Utopia Object lessons: Nicolas Bourriaud on Pierre Restany McCollum's Aura: Nicolas Bourriaud
Nicolas_Bourriaud
Canadian and American architect (1929–2025)
Curate: Frank Gehry's Peter Arnell Retrospective at Milk Studios | Object Lessons". Blouin Artinfo. Archived from the original on April 15, 2014. Retrieved
Frank_Gehry
Mountain at the convergence of the U.S. states of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia
"tri-state peak trail," (via connections with the Gap trail and the Object Lesson Road trail) and is about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from the park's visitor
Tri-State_Peak
OBJECT LESSONS
OBJECT LESSONS
Boy/Male
Indian
Intended, Aimed at, Object, Proposed
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
A Holy Object
Boy/Male
Muslim
Intended, Aimed at, Object, Proposed
Girl/Female
Gaelic Irish
Pointed object.
Boy/Male
Indian
Intended, Aimed at, Object, Proposed
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, French, German
Wealthy and Bright
Boy/Male
Hindu
Object in the Sky cloud, Moon
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
God; Object of Worship
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
A Discovered Object
Boy/Male
Australian, Gaelic
Pointed Object
Boy/Male
Muslim
Intended, Aimed at, Object, Proposed
Girl/Female
Muslim
Rarity, Rare object, Novelty
Boy/Male
Hebrew, Indian, Sanskrit
Companion; Friend; An Object of Enjoyment; A Pleasing Object; A Gift
Boy/Male
Muslim
Desire. Object.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Object in the Sky cloud, Moon
Boy/Male
Tamil
Object in the Sky cloud, Moon
Boy/Male
American, Arabic, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Parsi, Sindhi, Telugu
Prowess; Will; Purpose; Wish; Desire; Object
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Object in the Sky; Cloud; Moon
Boy/Male
Arabic
Desire; Object
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Rarity; Rare Object; Novelty
OBJECT LESSONS
OBJECT LESSONS
Boy/Male
Hindu
The first Vedas, Lord Ganesh, Knower of the arthara Vedas
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Full of Splendour
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Riddle.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sun, Bright
Boy/Male
Arabic, Assamese, Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Muslim, Parsi, Punjabi, Sikh, Turkish
Brave; Bold; Brave and Courageous; Honourable
Girl/Female
Biblical
Made warm.
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Light of Two Persons in Just One Baby
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Approve(d) Accept(ed)
Boy/Male
Hindu
Oath
Girl/Female
Tamil
(the wife of Sage Kashyap)
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OBJECT LESSONS
v. t.
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.
a.
Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject; a subject of the United States.
n.
Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration.
object.
The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.
v. t.
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.
imp. & p. p.
of Object
v. t.
To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic syringe.
v. t.
Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
v. t.
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.
Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular or plural. See the Note under What, pron., 1. As interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question: What or which person or persons? Who and whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but are sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc. Who and whom, as compound relatives, are also used especially of persons, meaning the person that; the persons that; the one that; whosoever.
n.
One who objects; one who offers objections to a proposition or measure.
v. t.
To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
v. t.
To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue.
v. t.
A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed; as, the object of a transitive verb.
a.
Hence, that substance or being which is conscious of its own operations; the mind; the thinking agent or principal; the ego. Cf. Object, n., 2.
v. i.
To make opposition in words or argument; -- usually followed by to.
v. t.
To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test.
a.
Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.
a.
Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation.
a.
Opposed; presented in opposition; also, exposed.