Definitions for object complement
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
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.
Category: Grammar
Ref: Also called objective complement.
Origin of object complement:
1905–10
Wiktionary
object complement(Noun)
a complement which is coupled to an object
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