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Transitive

noun
1.
A verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical.  Synonyms: transitive verb, transitive verb form.



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"Transitive" Quotes from Famous Books



... be either transitive or intransitive, according to their use in the sentence, It can be said, "The boy walked for two hours," or "The boy walked the horse;" "The rains swelled the river," or "The river swelled ...
— An English Grammar • W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell
... the fourth kind of rational knowledge, which is transitive, concerning the expressing or transferring our knowledge to others, which I will term by the general name of tradition or delivery. Tradition hath three parts: the first concerning the organ of tradition; the second concerning ...
— The Advancement of Learning • Francis Bacon


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