In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
TRANSITIVE
transitive
(adjective) designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
transitive (not comparable)
Making a transit or passage.
Affected by transference of signification.
(grammar, of a verb) Taking a direct object or objects.
Antonym: intransitive
(set theory, of a relation on a set) Having the property that if an element x is related to y and y is related to z, then x is necessarily related to z.
Antonyms: intransitive, nontransitive
(algebra, of a group action) Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.
(graph theory, of a graph) Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other.
Anagrams
• revisitant
Source: Wiktionary
Tran"si*tive, a. Etym: [L. transitivus: cf. F. transitif. See Transient.]
1. Having the power of making a transit, or passage. [R.] Bacon.
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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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