(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 passivity

plural of passivization

plural of passivism

plural of passiveness

plural of passivant

A material that inhibits corrosion of a metal surface by increasing its passivity

plural of passivator

plural of pseudo-passive

plural of impersonal passive