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passify (三人称単数 現在形 passifies, 現在分詞 passifying, 過去形および過去分詞形 passified)

1. (rare) To make or become passive.

   Synonym: passivize (more common)

   • 1983, Barry Tarshis, How to Write Like a Pro: A Guide to Effective Nonfiction Writing:

     The distinction between the two voices, active and passive, is easy enough to make. The way you "passify" a verb is to start out with some form of the auxiliary "to be" and follow the auxiliary with the past participle of the verb.