To throw or place in the way; oppose; interpose.
To throw or place before the view; set clearly in view; present; expose.
To bring forward as a ground of opposition, of doubt, of criticism, of reproach, etc.; state or urge against or in opposition to something; state as an objection: frequently with to or against.
To offer or make opposition in words or arguments; offer reasons against a proposed action or form of statement.
Plainly presented to the senses or the mind; in view; conspicuous.
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Anything which is perceived, known, thought of, or signified; that toward which a cognitive act is directed; the non-ego considered as the correlate of a knowing ego.
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That toward which an action is directed and which is affected by it; that concerning which an emotion or passion is excited.
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An idea to the realization of which action is directed; purpose; aim; end.
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A thing, especially a thing external to the mind, but spoken of absolutely and not as relative to a subject or to any action.
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In grammar: A member of the sentence, a substantive word or phrase or clause, immediately (that is, without the intervention of a preposition) dependent on a verb, as expressing that on which the action expressed by the verb is exerted.
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A similar member of the sentence dependent on a preposition, i. e. joined by a preposition to the word it limits or qualifies: as, he went with me; a man of spirit.
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The aspect in which a thing is presented to notice; sight; appearance.
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A deformed person, or one helpless from bodily infirmity; a gazing-stock.
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An obstacle.
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See the adjectives.