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1. Adjective

Having the power of making a transit, or passage.

2. Adjective

Effected by transference of signification.

3. Adjective

Passing over to an object; expressing an action which is not limited to the agent or subject, but which requires an object to complete the sense; as, a transitive verb, for example, he holds the book.

4. Noun

a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical
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