Transitivize (Verb)
Meaning
Make transitive; "adding `out' to many verbs transitivizes them".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The creation of compound verbs helps to transitivize some normally intransitive actions.
- The addition of suffixes can also transitivize verbs that were originally intransitive.
- In some cases, simply adding a preposition to an intransitive verb transitivizes it.
- Like other prefixes, 'out' has the power to transitivize many intransitive verbs in informal contexts.
- This grammatical shift allows verb forms to be manipulated and modifed to transitivize certain constructions.