The question is whether one respects the traditional distinction between transitive and intransitive verb forms.
Definitions like 'clean the car, perhaps' can only indicate an intransitive verb, since the direct object forms part of the definition.
In this particular instance, Moi, unable to capture the fictional Matigari, had to settle for the next best thing: seizing all copies of the novel that bore his name and — to use a normally intransitive verb that has found its transitive form in the vocabulary of despots — "disappearing" them.
Ex. "He set the book on the table".. Set also means "become stiff or gelatinous" and, in this form, is an intransitive verb that needs only a subject.
Table 3 Collocation tests for the high-low applicative dichotomy Test ApplH ApplL Does it pattern with an intransitive verb?
Its case marking follows the ergative absolutive pattern where the subject of an intransitive verb is in the absolutive case (which is unmarked), the same case being used for the direct object of a transitive verb.
Or switch to an intransitive verb like "operate".
mansack intransitive verb \ˈman-ˌsak\ Frantic pillage or plunder (of kitchen, closet, or country).
And that "enjoy", according to common English usage, is now very much an intransitive verb when used in the imperative.
According to the slang dictionary, to crawfish, an intransitive verb, means to move away backward, to turn tail, to back out of a commitment or to renege.
As an intransitive verb, futz is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as U.S. slang for "to loaf, waste time, mess around".
