- 1. a. Having the power of making a transit, or passage. Source: opted
- 2. a. Effected by transference of signification. Source: opted
- 3. a. 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. Source: opted
- 4. adj. designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning Source: wordnet
- 5. n. a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical Source: wordnet
- 6. Passing over to an object; expressing an action which is notlimited to the agent or subject, but which requires an object tocomplete the sense; as, a transitive verb, for example, he holds thebook.-- Tran"si*tive*ly, adv.-- Tran"si*tive*ness, n. Source: adambom
- 7. j:100 a. designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning Source: ecdict
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