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Transitive verb

noun

A verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical. Synonyms: transitive, transitive verb form.

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doubly transitive verb

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"Transitive verb" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the first line of 6 is differently read in the Bombay edition. Both readings are noticed by Nilakantha. I have adhered to the Bengal reading, though the Bombay reading is clearer in sense. Visati is a transitive verb having Pratishtha or some such noun for its object. The literal meaning is he who ...

— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 - Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 • Unknown

... be used in either an active or a neuter sense. In the sentence, "Here I rest," rest is a neuter verb; but in the sentence, "Here I rest my hopes," rest is an active-transitive verb, and governs hopes. And a few that are always active in a grammatical sense, as necessarily requiring an object after them, do not always indicate such an exertion of force as we commonly call action. Such perhaps are the verbs to have, to possess, ...

— The Grammar of English Grammars • Goold Brown

Words linked to "Transitive verb" : transitive, verb, doubly transitive verb form, transitive verb form, doubly transitive verb