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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An object indirectly affected by the action of a verb, as me in Sing me a song and turtles in He feeds turtles lettuce.

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  1. n. grammar A grammatical role of a ditransitive verb that usually manifests as a recipient or goal.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb

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  1. me
  2. valence
  3. do
  4. oneself
  5. ourselves
  6. myself
  7. complement
  1. herself
  2. themselves
  3. yourself
  4. yourselves
  5. himself
  6. itself
  7. show
  1. to
  2. forbid
  3. -ee
  4. for
  5. grudge
  6. think
  7. wite
  1. thee
  2. dispose
  3. dative
  4. her
  5. us
  6. them
  7. you
  1. him
  2. dative case
  3. doubly transitive verb
  4. doubly transitive verb form
  5. tax
  6. indirect
  7. leave
  1. list
  2. set
  3. spare

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