Can a transitive verb function as gerund?

Transitive verbs form gerundial phrases: Walking your dog is good exercise.

Thanks, but I meant verbs which are transitive ONLY, unlike walking and other words, and whether one can omit the object of the verb. For instance, can one say: Recognizing is tough.

Recognize is a transitive verb, but I've used it without an object and as a gerund. Is that acceptable? Or, must I say 'recognizing X is tough' and provide an object? Put simply, must I mention an obj

Anonymous Put simply, must I mention an object even while using the transitive verb as a gerund?

If it is transitive only, then it has to have an object regardless whether it is the main verb or a gerund.

You don't say: Mary recognized.
Therefore, you don't say: Recognizing is tough.

There may be poetic or literary

Here is my take:

Recognizing the immediate danger,he ordered everyone to evacuate the building. - participle phrase usge.

Anonymous
Recognize is a transitive verb, but I've used it without an object and as a gerund. Is that acceptable? Or, must I say 'recognizing X is tough' and provide an object? Put simply, must I mention an object even while using the trans