DETRANSITIVISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does detransitivise mean? 

• DETRANSITIVISE (verb)
  The verb DETRANSITIVISE has 1 sense:

1. intransitivize

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DETRANSITIVISE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Intransitivize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

detransitivise; detransitivize; intransitivise; intransitivize

Context example:

removing the object will intransitivize the verbs

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

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

Sentence frames:

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