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DESCRIPTIONS for 'Passive'
- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy'' uses the Passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown'' is an abbreviated Passive"
- lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the Passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith
- expressing thatthe subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; "academics seem to favor Passive sentences"
- peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "Passive resistance"
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