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- n. grammar An action verb not taking a direct object.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object
Examples
““When used solely in the imperative mood,” says Mike Agnes, editor in chief of Webster’s New World Dictionaries, “the intransitive verb ‘enjoy ’ may well qualify as a ‘defective paradigm,’ whereby a word fails to exhibit the full range of expected inflections.”
Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
“The intransitive verb endure, rooted in the Latin durus, “hard,” has many senses: “to last,” or “to remain firm under adversity,” but a different meaning when transferring action: “to suffer, tolerate, countenance.””
Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
“Lillian Feinsilver wrote in her Yiddish dictionary in 1970 that enjoy as an intransitive verb has become fairly common in recent years….”
Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
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