Talk:passive
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Rfv-sense: Not bearing interest. Possibly a dated sense. DCDuring TALK 00:59, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
- RFV failed, sense removed. —RuakhTALK 23:06, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
Passive Transport
[edit]A process of diffusion that does not require ATP(i.e. energy) for dissolved materials to move into the cell. Napari123 (talk) 21:48, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
2. Taking no action.
[edit]Is 2. Taking no action a synonym of impassive (2. motionless)? --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:25, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
Disputed uses. In the 19c., when the adjective available acquired the meaning ‘that may be availed of’, the verb came to be used as an indirect passive: Power… must be availed of, and not by any means let off and wasted —Emerson, 1861 --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:51, 15 August 2021 (UTC)