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Answer for the clue "Took issue ", 8 letters:
objected

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Object \Ob*ject"\ ([o^]b*j[e^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Objected ; p. pr. & vb. n. Objecting .] [L. objectus, p. p. of objicere, obicere, to throw or put before, to oppose; ob (see Ob- ) + jacere to throw: cf. objecter. See Jet a shooting forth.] To set ...

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vb. (en-past of: object)

Usage examples of objected.

It may be objected that the Soul must however, have Sense-Perception since its use of its instrument must acquaint it with the external conditions, and such knowledge comes by way of sense.

It may be objected that our will towards living and towards expressive activity is constant, and that each attainment of such expression is an increase in Happiness.

We are asked to believe, then, it will be objected, that if one man has been happy from first to last, another only at the last, and a third, beginning with happiness, has lost it, their shares are equal?

And here it will be objected that in All there is nothing contrary to nature, nothing evil.

It may be objected that the Intellectual-Principle possesses its content in an eternal conjunction so that the two make a perfect unity, and that thus there is no Matter there.

It may be objected that in the case of science the constituents are not each the whole.

If it is objected that the sun is light entire, this would only be a proof of our assertion: no other visible form will contain light which must, then, have no other property than that of visibility, and in fact all other visible objects are something more than light alone.

If it be objected that qualities go to make bodies what they are, then, we reply, so do blendings, colours, shapes.

The minister, also, proposed raising a direct revenue from the colonies in the shape of a stamp-tax, but this was objected to by the opposition, and it was postponed to another session.

He objected, that as a member he could not legally appear there without taking the oaths, but this was overruled, he then proceeded to support his allegations, but all he could substantiate was, that Lord Mansfield had made an alteration on the record, and as this was in accordance with ancient custom, and had been sanctioned by all the judges, the house agreed, without a division, that the petitioner had not made good the two allegations upon which he had been heard, and that his petition was frivolous.

Moreover, it was objected that the King of England had ensured the dominions of these princes against foreign attacks, while their troops were employed in America.

Fox also strongly objected to a proposed lottery, which was a part of the loan scheme, as a means of raising money for the public service.

When he did, he objected to the motion as dangerous, on account of the information it would convey to our enemies, and as tending to retard the attainment of peace, which he said was now the wish on both sides of the house.

This called forth the opposition of Fox, who objected to the motion as nugatory and productive of unnecessary delay.

Wyndham, member for Norwich, and the professed admirer of Burke, said, that if he had approved of the measure, he should still have objected to its being brought forward or adopted at the present time.