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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 tran·si·tive /ˈtræn(t)sətɪv, ˈtrænzə; ˈtræn(t)stɪv/
 (a.)及物的及物動詞

From: Network Terminology

 transitive
 遞移

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tran·si·tive a.
 1. Having the power of making a transit, or passage. [R.]
 2. Effected by transference of signification.
    By far the greater part of the transitive or derivative applications of words depend on casual and unaccountable caprices of the feelings or the fancy.   --Stewart.
 3. Gram. Passing over to an object; expressing an action which is not limited to the agent or subject, but which requires an object to complete the sense; as, a transitive verb, for example, he holds the book.
 -- Tran*si*tive*ly, adv. -- Tran*si*tive*ness, n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 transitive
      adj : designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete
            the meaning [ant: intransitive]