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transitive - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'transitive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Transitive [ a.]
- Having the power of making a transit, or passage.
- Effected by transference of signification.
- 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.