All 6 Uses
passive
in
Jane Eyre
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- Yes, in a passive way: I make no effort; I follow as inclination guides me.†
p. 68.7 *
- My help had been needed and claimed; I had given it: I was pleased to have done something; trivial, transitory though the deed was, it was yet an active thing, and I was weary of an existence all passive.†
p. 136.7
- It was evident that in their former intercourse, the passive disposition of the one had been habitually influenced by the active energy of the other: whence then had arisen Mr. Rochester's dismay when he heard of Mr. Mason's arrival?†
p. 244.4
- I was glad to accept her hospitality; and I submitted to be relieved of my travelling garb just as passively as I used to let her undress me when a child.†
p. 261.9
- You sit quietly where I have placed you, and regard me with a weary, passive look.†
p. 344.7
- Because I know, or believe, Mr. Rochester is living: and then, to die of want and cold is a fate to which nature cannot submit passively.†
p. 379.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(passive as in: she remained passive) accepting what happens without trying to take control or reacting strongly
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(2)
(passive as in: written using the passive voice) grammar: where the subject receives the action rather than doing it"The dog chased the cat." is written in the active voice where the dog is doing the action. "The cat was chased by the dog" is written in the passive voice where the cat is receiving the action.
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More specialized senses of the word are found in chemistry, physics, electronics, and communications. All senses have to do with inactivity.