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"intransitive verb"
Definition: A verb that does not take a direct object.
Etymology:
From the Latin, "not passing across"
Examples and Observations:
- "My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk."
(John Keats, "Ode to a Nightingale")
- "If you fell down yesterday, stand up today."
(H. G. Wells)
- "Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity."
(Jean de la Bruyere)
- "Sometimes imagination pounces; mostly it sleeps soundly in the corner, purring."
(Leslie Grimutter)
- "Do not tremble in fear but become strong and courageous instead."
(Yajur Veda)
- "Hush my darling, don't fear my darling, the lion sleeps tonight."
(Solomon Linda, "Wimoweh")
- "Autos honked. Trees rustled. People passed. Arnie went out."
(Langston Hughes, The Ways of White Folks)
Pronunciation: in-TRANS-i-tiv verb
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