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  1. ergative verb: Wiktionary
  2. Ergative verb: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (ergative verb)

noun:  (linguistics) An ambitransitive verb where the patient is the object of the transitive, but becomes the experiencer of the intransitive use.

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