Bible Dictionaries
Intransitive
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Not passing farther; kept; detained.
(2):
(a.) Not transitive; not passing over to an object; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent or subject, or, in other words, an action which does not require an object to complete the sense; as, an intransitive verb, e. g., the bird flies; the dog runs.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Intransitive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/i/intransitive.html. 1828.