INTRANSITIVE

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Not passing farther; kept; detained. [R.] And then it is for the image's sake and so far is intransitive; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further. Jer. Taylor.

2.
a.

Not transitive; not passing over tas, an intransitive verb, e. g., the bird flies; the dog runs.