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(grammar, of a verb) Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object. examples
(rare) Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained. quotations
And then it is for the image's sake and so far is intransitive; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further.
1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery
(probability) Of a set of dice: containing three dice A, B, and C, with the property that A rolls higher than B more than half the time, and B rolls higher than C more than half the time, but lacking the property that A rolls higher than C more than half the time. See intransitive dice. examples
plural intransitives
(grammar) An intransitive verb. quotations examples
This means that subcategorization properties do not allow us to distinguish between transitives and intransitives (both types of verbs are allowed, but not obliged, to take a direct object).
2011, Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin, The Syntax of Romanian: Comparative Studies in Romance, page 136