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Ditransitive Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Definition, synonyms and related words

Definitions
Noun
1

A verb that takes both an object and an indirect object.

Adjective
1

Of a class of verbs which take both a direct and an indirect object. An example is 'give', which entails a giver (subject), a gift (direct object) and a receiver (indirect object).

See Also
transitive dechticaetiative subject intransitive verb indirect object monotransitive ambitransitive
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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