labile verb
English
Noun
labile verb (plural labile verbs)
- (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.
- The verb 'break' is labile because it can be used both transitively: I broke the window, and intransitively: the window broke, and in either case the object undergoing the action of breakage is the window.
See also
- intradirective verb
- causative
- middle voice