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Give :: Give (n.) To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given..

Unresistance :: Unresistance (n.) Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance.

-able :: -able () An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable..

Resistance :: Resistance (n.) The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active..

Passiveness :: Passiveness (n.) The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission.

Take :: Take (v. t.) In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept..

Passion :: Passion (n.) The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; -- opposed to action.

Glassite :: Glassite (n.) A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught that justifying faith is no more than a simple assent to the divine testimone passively recived by the understanding. The English and American adherents of this faith are called Sandemanians, after Robert Sandeman, the son-in-law and disciple of Glass..

Patient :: Patient (n.) ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient..

Active :: Active (a.) Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind..

Nonresistance :: Nonresistance (n.) The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition..

Gerundive :: Gerundive (n.) The future passive participle; as, amandus, i. e., to be loved..

Capacity :: Capacity (n.) The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

Passive :: Passive (a.) Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues..

Passive :: Passive (a.) Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive..

Rule :: Rule (n.) To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive..

Gestation :: Gestation (n.) Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise..

Immovable :: Immovable (a.) Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive.

Active :: Active (a.) Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice..

Actively :: Actively (adv.) In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively..

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