English verb: transitivize | |||
1. | transitivize (change) make transitive | ||
Samples | Adding `out' to many verbs transitivizes them. | ||
Synonyms | transitivise | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Antonyms | detransitivise, detransitivize, intransitivise, intransitivize | ||