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object-matter
[f. object ppl. a. + matter.]
†1. (Properly two words: see object ppl. a. 1.) Matter presented to view, or to be employed as an instrument or means to some end. Obs.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 60 The object matter or signall means of divining (by things in heaven, or on earth).
2. The matter that is the object of some action or study; the matter dealt with or treated. (Usually coincident in sense with the more common subject-matter.)
1836–7Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. (1877) I. iii. 51 The first and second [definitions] define philosophy from its object-matter;—that which it is about. 1860Mansel Proleg. Log. iii. 93 To think actually we must think about something; this something, the object-matter of thought,..must in the first instance be supplied through..the senses. 1884tr. Lotze's Logic 28 A synthesis in which the..requirement would be completely satisfied in regard to any given object-matter. |