plural of passivation

(transitive, US, grammar) To render into the passive form.

simple past tense and past participle of passivize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of passivize

plural of passivization

(grammar) An archaic progressive construction in middle voice (syntactically active but semantically passive), replaced by the passive progressive in modern English. For example, "the house is building", "the meal was eating", "the trunks were carrying down" (today "the house is being built", "the meal is being eaten").

plural of passiveness

plural of passivant

(grammar) The form of a transitive verb in which its subject receives the action.

(Britain, Canada) Shielding that is chemically inert (unlike reactive armour) and does not require electricity or active sensors to operate. It is usually made of metal, ceramic, or in some cases, composite materials.