Category:English ergative verbs

 

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English intransitive verbs that become causatives when used transitively.

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• Appendix:English ergative verbs

A

• abort
• accelerate
• acclimatize
• acculturate
• acidify
• activate
• align
• aline
• asphyxiate
• attach
• awaken

B

• back
• back up
• bake
• beam up
• bend
• bifurcate
• blacken
• bleed
• blow up
• blue
• boast
• boil
• bounce
• break
• break down
• brighten
• broaden
• bruise
• burn
• burst
• bust

C

• calm down
• change
• char
• cheer up
• choke
• clarify
• clear
• clink
• clog
• close
• collapse
• combine
• compile
• connect
• contort
• cook
• corrode
• count
• crack
• crash
• crumble
• crumple
• crystallize

D

• dampen
• darken
• deactivate
• deaden
• decelerate
• decrease
• deepen
• deflate
• deform
• dent
• deploy
• deprotonate
• derail
• despawn
• deteriorate
• detonate
• dilate
• dim
• distill
• distort
• dock
• download
• drag
• drain
• drill
• drive
• drop
• drown
• dry
• duplicate

E

• eat
• eject
• empty
• end
• entwine
• erase
• erode
• escalate
• expand
• exsanguinate

F

• factor
• fail
• fall
• fast backward
• fast forward
• fasten
• fatten
• fill
• fill up
• fire
• flash
• flatten
• flip
• float
• flood
• flunk
• flush
• fly
• fold
• fracture
• freeze
• freshen
• fry

G

• gather
• glide
• graduate
• grieve
• grow

H

• halt
• halve
• hang
• harden
• harmonize
• hasten
• heal
• honk
• hurt
• hush

I

• ignite
• improve
• increase
• inflame
• inflate
• ionize

J

• jam

L

• land
• launch
• lean
• lengthen
• lessen
• lighten
• line up
• liquify
• lock
• loosen
• lower

M

• madden
• march
• meet with
• melt
• mend
• merge
• mix
• moisten
• move

O

• open
• operate
• orientate
• osmote
• oversteer
• overtire
• overtrain
• overween
• overwork

P

• park
• pass
• pillarize
• play
• please
• plunge
• pop
• pull over

Q

• quicken
• quiet
• quieten

R

• radiate
• raise
• ramp up
• rattle
• reboot
• recycle
• redden
• regrow
• rejuvenate
• reload
• relocate
• rest
• resuscitate
• reverse
• revert
• revive
• rewind
• ripen
• roast

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