transitivize

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verb

To make transitive.

Similar
transitivise
Opposite
detransitivize
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Meanings

verbtransitivize (third-person singular simple present transitivizes, present participle transitivizing, simple past and past participle transitivized)

present singular third person transitivizes · participle present transitivizing · participle past transitivized · past transitivized

  1. transitivegrammarTo make transitive.
  2. intransitivegrammarTo become transitive.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake transitive

Similar
transitivise
Opposite
detransitivize
Broader
changealtermodify

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From transitive + -ize.

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APA

transitivize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transitivize

MLA

“transitivize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transitivize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transitivize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transitivize.

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