Antonyms of verb detransitivize

1 sense of detransitivize

Sense 1
detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise -- (intransitivize; "removing the object will intransitivize the verbs")
       Antonym of transitivize (Sense 1)
      => transitivize, transitivise -- (make transitive; "adding `out' to many verbs transitivizes them")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb detransitivize

1 sense of detransitivize

Sense 1
detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise -- (intransitivize; "removing the object will intransitivize the verbs")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

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