01 a. Not passing farther; kept; detained.
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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.
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Not transitive; not passing over to an object; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent or subject, or, in other words, an action which does not require an object to complete the sense; as, an intransitive verb, e. g., the bird flies; the dog runs.(Gram.)