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 | ||