Intransitivize (Verb)
Meaning
Intransitivize; "removing the object will intransitivize the verbs".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- In linguistics, the process of intransitivize is often explained by removing the object to transform a transitive verb into an intransitive one.
- A verb like 'to eat' must become intransitivize if there is no object to follow the verb in some languages.
- Intransitivize the verb 'to paint' by focusing on the action and omitting the thing being painted.
- Removing the direct object 'the door' will intransitivize the transitive verb 'to open'.
- By using an inanimate object and subsequently intransitivize the action, the resulting verb takes on an unpredictable quality