I'm not crazy about it, either, Janice. But I look at it this way: other verbs have transitive and intransitive senses. "Boil" is one. Extending or transferring the meanings of a word is something we do a lot. And it always starts with what we call mistakes, quick though I often am to stomp them. I just think we should pick our fights.
About shifts and changes in meaning: How many of us are still using "nice" only to mean "careful" or "exact"? Or "fond" to mean "foolish" (as in Milton)?
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