Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In grammar, a substantive or a substantive clause whieh stands in the relation of an object of a verb.
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Examples
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As _neque_ or _nec_ is used for 'and not,' so _néve_ or _neu_ for 'and that not' in an object-clause or a clause of purpose.
Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland
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Notice that _postuló_, like _imperó_, takes an object-clause introduced by _ut_ and having its verb in the subjunctive. sibi, the indirect reflexive.
Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland
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If ˜content™ is identified with the sense or the truth-condition determiners of the expressions used in the object-clause reporting intentional states of mind, it will seem natural to suppose that possession of mental content requires the possession of conceptual capacities of the sort involved in linguistic understanding ” ˜grasping senses.™
Consciousness and Intentionality Siewert, Charles 2006
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