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COGNATE OBJECT. [Par.I25, I26.

" king" is not the Retained Object, but the Supplement of
an incomplete Verb in:" They made him king," i.e., " they made-king," or " be-kinged
him."
The Cognate Object.
125 Some Verbs, though generally Intransitive, take
occasionally after them an Object whose meaning
is akin to the Verb. Such Objects are called
Cognate (co-, together; nate, born: Hence "born
together," " related," "akin ").
This usage is more common in Poetry and in
elevated language than in ordinary Prose: —
(1) " They have slept their sleep."
(2) " He has fought a good fight;" " They shouted
applause."
(3) " We have walked a long walk to-day."
The Early English Dative.
126 In the earliest English there was a special Inflection to
denote the Indirect Object. Being mostly used after such
Verbs as " give," " lend," " send," "forgive," " refuse," &c.
- all of which imply " giving " or "not giving "- this Use
or Case of the Noun or Pronoun was called the Dative (i.e.
giving) Case.
In the earliest English, this Inflection would make it perfectly clear which was tlhe Direct and which the Indirect
Object. Compare together (1) the modern English, and
(2) the earliest English, in the following examples:(1) " This king gave (to) the minsters large gifts."
(2) " This king gave large gifts mnlistr-zum."