Definitions of transitive

1. Transitiveness.

2. A transitive verb.

3. Transitively.

4. designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning

5. Passing over to an object; expressing an action which is not limited to the agent or subject, but which requires an object to complete the sense; as, a transitive verb, for example, he holds the book.

6. Having the power of making a transit, or passage.

7. Effected by transference of signification.

8. Passing over: having the power of passing: ( gram.) denoting a verb which has an object.

9. Having a direct object, as a verb.

10. Having the power of passing; expressive of an action passing from a subject to an object.

11. Having the power of passing; in gram., denoting a verb whose action passes over to, or which has an effect upon, a noun or pronoun.