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Adjective: ditransitive  dI'tran-su-tiv
  1. (linguistics) of a class of verbs which take both an object and an indirect object; an example is 'give', which entails a giver (subject), a gift (direct object) and a receiver (indirect object)
    "Many ditransitive verbs can be used in the construction of a sentence"

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