In-trăn'si-tĭve, a.

a. [Prefix in, not, and transitive; Lat. intransitivus, It. & Sp. intransitivo, Fr. intransitif.] (Gram.) Not passing over, or indicating passing over; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent, or, in other words, an action that does not pass over to, or operate upon, an object; as, an intransitive verb, participle, or adjective.