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in⋅tran⋅si⋅tive

  [in-tran-si-tiv] Grammar
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–adjective
1. noting or having the quality of an intransitive verb.
–noun
2. intransitive verb.
Origin:
1605–15; < L intrānsitīvus. See in- 3 , transitive

Related forms:
in⋅tran⋅si⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
in⋅tran⋅si⋅tive⋅ness, noun
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in·tran·si·tive   (ĭn-trān'sĭ-tĭv, -zĭ-)   
adj.   Abbr. intr. or int. or i.
Designating a verb or verb construction that does not require or cannot take a direct object, as snow or sleep.
n.  An intransitive verb.
in·tran'si·tive·ly adv., in·tran'si·tive·ness, in·tran'si·tiv'i·ty n.
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Word Origin & History

intransitive 
1612, from L.L. intransitivus "not passing over" (to another person), Priscian's term, from L. in- "not" + transitivus "that may pass over," from transire "to pass over" (see transitive).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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