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transitive
1) (said of a verb) accompanied by a direct object; 2) transitional
Some verbs, like capture and enclose, are transitive, whereas others, like hover and seem, are intransitive; still others, like run and study, are both transitive and intransitive.
Related English words: transit, transition, transitional, transitiveness, transitory
Latin root words: transeo, transire, transii, transitus - to go over, pass over; to be changed into; to penetrate; transitio, transitionis, f. - a going across; transitorius, transitoria, transitorium - having a passage through; transitus, transitus, m. - a passing over, going over, passage; eo, ire, ii, iturus - to go
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