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Meanings of transitive verb form in English

Portuguese
predicação verbal

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

        predicação verbal
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        A verb may be transitive in one sentence and intransitive in another.
        Graded Lessons in English / An Elementary English Grammar Consis...
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        Now tell me everything you know about dipolar computers and transitive circuits.
        The waste lands
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        Mr. Van Heerlen appeared unfazed by the transitive declaration of his love.
        Rakes and radishes
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        I decided to try a transitive verb; substituting object words might clarify things.
        The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
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        An intransitive verb is sometimes made transitive by the aid of a preposition.
        Higher Lessons in English: A work on English grammar and composi...
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        I decided to try a transitive verb; substituting object words might clarify things.
        The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
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        Daiyatam is an accusative which, like, Samayam is governed by the transitive verb Kurvita.
        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
        3
        He means not the transitive verb, lay but the intransitive verb, lie, which means recline.
        The new yorker
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        It is properly used as a transitive verb, but in conversation is very often used intransitively.
        A Collection of College Words and Customs
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        The word was a transitive verb, an exclamation, a command, of which an exact English translation is impossible.
        Jitterbug Perfume
        Translations for transitive verb form