INTRANSITIVE

intransitive

Adjective

  1. Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object.
    The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often."
  2. Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained.
    And then it is for the image's sake and so far is intransitive; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further. — Jeremy Taylor.


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