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passivize

passivize verb: to render into the passive form.

Verb

passivize (third-person singular simple present passivizes, present participle passivizing, simple past and past participle passivized)

  1. (US, transitive) To render into the passive form.

Antonyms of passivize

Forms of passivize

third-person singular presentpassivizes
present participlepassivizing
past participlepassivized
pastpassivized
alternative formpassivise

Origin of passivize

From passive + -ize.

Words formed from passivize

Questions about passivize

What does passivize mean?
Passivize means to render into the passive form.
What part of speech is passivize?
Passivize is a verb.
What is the past tense of passivize?
The past tense of passivize is passivized.

Words near passivize in the dictionary

  1. passivity
  2. passivizability
  3. passivizable
  4. passivization
  5. passivizations
  6. passivize
  7. passivized
  8. passivizer
  9. passivizers
  10. passivizes
  11. passivizing

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