cognate object

Definition: An object that is related in both origin and meaning to the verb that governs it.
Note: The type of grammatical construction that this forms is called the cognate accusative.
Example: He lived a wonderful life.
(In the above, the word life is the cognate object of the verb lived.)
Etymology: The word cognate derives from the Latin com, together + gnatus, born.
Oxford English Dictionary: Its first citation is from 1876:
"What is often termed the cognate accusative (or objective) (as in ‘to run a race’)
should more properly be classed among the adverbial adjuncts."
(Mason Eng. Gram. §372)



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