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Transitive
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Having the power of making a transit, or passage.
(2):
(a.) Effected by transference of signification.
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Transitive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/transitive.html. 1828.