Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the manner of an intransitive verb; without passing over to or governing an object.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb (Gram.) Without an object following; in the manner of an intransitive verb.
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- adverb grammar In an
intransitive manner; without anobject following.
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- adverb in an intransitive manner
Etymologies
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Unrelated, but my pet peeve is “pass” used intransitively, without the word “away”, meaning “to die”.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Modern Practice of Making Certain Nouns into Verbs” 2010
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Unrelated, but my pet peeve is “pass” used intransitively, without the word “away”, meaning “to die”.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Modern Practice of Making Certain Nouns into Verbs” 2010
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His phenomenologies are phenomenological ontologies: they look at the coherence of something appearing precisely as how it exists, in its being taken intransitively, as be-ing or is-ing: Levinas said helpfully once that Heidegger's contribution to philosophy is in restoring an intransitive character to being.
Archive 2009-01-01 enowning 2009
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His phenomenologies are phenomenological ontologies: they look at the coherence of something appearing precisely as how it exists, in its being taken intransitively, as be-ing or is-ing: Levinas said helpfully once that Heidegger's contribution to philosophy is in restoring an intransitive character to being.
enowning enowning 2009
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Alternately, you can say I am bored with X, and then the analogy to "tire/tired" seems a good one: to use intransitively you say I tire of X.
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Could it have something to do with confusion from using "bore" past tense of "bear," which can be used intransitively?
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Whereas a creature can be both intransitively conscious and transitively conscious of something, a mental state can only be intransitively conscious.
Intentionality Jacob, Pierre 2003
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They do not take on the question of who makes the process happen, whether it is a process of assimilating or being assimilated, whether "Mexican Americans" are becoming similar (actively, intransitively, reflexively, because they will it) or are being made similar (passively, because they cannot help it).
A Special Supplement: The Chicanos Womack, John 1972
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(_Continued from_ p. 522.) _Dare_, to lurk, or cause to lurk; used both transitively and intransitively.
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We might also have _ad locum_ with _adeó_ used intransitively.
Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland
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