All 3 Uses of
passive
in
David Copperfield
- It appeared, in answer to my inquiries, that nobody had the least idea of the etymology of this terrible verb passive to be gormed; but that they all regarded it as constituting a most solemn imprecation.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- — Never more, oh God forgive you, Steerforth! to touch that passive hand in love and friendship.†
Chpt 28-30
- He was quite passive now; and when I heard him crying, the impulse that had been upon me to go down upon my knees, and ask their pardon for the desolation I had caused, and curse Steer— forth, yielded to a better feeling, My overcharged heart found the same relief, and I cried too.†
Chpt 31-33
Definition:
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(passive) accepting what happens without trying to take control or reacting strongly