TRANSITIVE
\tɹˈansɪtˌɪv], \tɹˈansɪtˌɪv], \t_ɹ_ˈa_n_s_ɪ_t_ˌɪ_v]\
Definitions of TRANSITIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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By Princeton University
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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.
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Having the power of making a transit, or passage.
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Effected by transference of signification.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Having the power of making a transit, or passage.
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Effected by transference of signification.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Transitively.
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Transitiveness.
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Passing over: having the power of passing: (gram.) denoting a verb which has an object.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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