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Passive
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(1):
(a.) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission.
(2):
(a.) Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive.
(3):
(a.) Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.
(4):
(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Passive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/passive.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Passive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/passive.html. 1828.