objective complement

objective complement

n.

See object complement.

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ob′ject com′plement

n.

a noun, noun phrase, pronoun, or adjective used in the predicate following a factitive verb and referring to or identified with its direct object, as treasurer in We appointed him treasurer or white in They painted the house white.

Also called objective complement.

[1905–10]

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