"labile verb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: labile verbs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} labile verb (plural labile verbs)
  1. (grammar) A transitive verb, such as break, burn, boil, open, start, change, or assimilate, which may be used intransitively with the object of the action as the subject. Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: ergative verb Related terms: intradirective verb, causative, middle voice
    Sense id: en-labile_verb-en-noun-yJO-3K~u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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