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Immovable :: Immovable (a.) Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive.

Recoupe :: Recoupe (v. t.) To reimburse; to indemnify; -- often used reflexively and in the passive.

Passive :: Passive (a.) Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive..

Glassite :: Glassite (n.) A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught that justifying faith is no more than a simple assent to the divine testimone passively recived by the understanding. The English and American adherents of this faith are called Sandemanians, after Robert Sandeman, the son-in-law and disciple of Glass..

Capacity :: Capacity (n.) The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

Impassivity :: Impassivity (n.) The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering; impassiveness..

Take :: Take (v. t.) In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept..

Dishevel :: Dishevel (v. t.) To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle.

Actively :: Actively (adv.) In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively..

-able :: -able () An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable..

Irresistance :: Irresistance (n.) Nonresistance; passive submission.

Passive :: Passive (a.) Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues..

Passively :: Passively (adv.) As a passive verb; in the passive voice.

Passiveness :: Passiveness (n.) The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission.

Unresistance :: Unresistance (n.) Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance.

Congestion :: Congestion (n.) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyper/mia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs..

Patient :: Patient (n.) ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient..

Stolidity :: Stolid (a.) Hopelessly insensible or stupid; not easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; foolish.

Nonresistance :: Nonresistance (n.) The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition..

Deponent :: Deponent (a.) Having a passive form with an active meaning, as certain latin and Greek verbs..

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