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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

passivize en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree English passive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English passivize From passive + -ize.

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
passivizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
passivized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
passivized Tense=Past lexicographic
passivizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
passivise alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

activize

Deriveds

unpassivizability · passivizer · passivizable · unpassivized