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passivize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pas-sivize
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To render into the passive form.

American usage; Transitive 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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

passivizes (present, singular) passivizing (participle, present) passivized (participle, past) passivized (past) passivise (alternative)

Derived Forms

passivizable passivizer unpassivizability unpassivized

Antonyms

activize

Questions

What does passivize mean?
To render into the passive form.
Where does passivize come from?
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.

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