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TRANSITIVISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transitivise mean? 

TRANSITIVISE (verb)
  The verb TRANSITIVISE has 1 sense:

1. make transitiveplay

  Familiarity information: TRANSITIVISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TRANSITIVISE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make transitive

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

transitivise; transitivize

Context example:

adding 'out' to many verbs transitivizes them

Hypernyms (to "transitivise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


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