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intransitive adj, grammar said of a verb: not taking or having a direct object, such as run in the phrase run as fast as you can. noun such a verb. Compare absolute, transitive. intransitively adverb.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Latin intransitivus not passing over.

intransitive adj, grammar said of a verb: not taking or having a direct object, such as run in the phrase run as fast as you can. noun such a verb. Compare absolute, transitive. intransitively adverb.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Latin intransitivus not passing over.

intransitive adj, grammar said of a verb: not taking or having a direct object, such as run in the phrase run as fast as you can. noun such a verb. Compare absolute, transitive. intransitively adverb.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Latin intransitivus not passing over.