Definition of passive

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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..

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Pathic :: Pathic (a.) Passive; suffering.
Congestion :: Congestion (n.) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyper/mia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs..
Resistance :: Resistance (n.) The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active..
Fortitude :: Fortitude (n.) That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring trouble..
Passively :: Passively (adv.) As a passive verb; in the passive voice.
Passive :: Passive (a.) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission..
Ecchymose :: Ecchymose (v. t.) To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin; -- chiefly used in the passive form; as, the parts were much ecchymosed..
Let :: Let (v. t.) To cause; to make; -- used with the infinitive in the active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e., cause to be made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought..
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health..
Passivity :: Passivity (n.) Passiveness; -- opposed to activity.
Actively :: Actively (adv.) In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively..
Passive :: Passive (a.) Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive..
Recoupe :: Recoupe (v. t.) To reimburse; to indemnify; -- often used reflexively and in the passive.
Aggrieve :: Aggrieve (v. t.) To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved..
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..
Connivance :: Connivance (n.) Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation.
Conclude :: Conclude (v. t.) To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument..
Stolidity :: Stolid (a.) Hopelessly insensible or stupid; not easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; foolish.
Deponent :: Deponent (a.) Having a passive form with an active meaning, as certain latin and Greek verbs..
Quietism :: Quietism (n.) The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and his attributes..
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