passif (c.1400)

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passif (c.1400)

[ hap]

  FEW:  passivus 7,735b Gdf: GdfC:  passif 10,292a TL: passif 7,455 DEAF:  passif  DMF:  passif  TLF:  passif  OED:  passive adj. and n.  MED:  passif adj.  DMLBS:  passivus 2 2137b
 

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1gramm.(of a verbal tense) passive, in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb
( c.1400; MS: s.xv1 )  Et sçachez qu'il y a deux paires de verbes, c'est assçavoir actif et passif, [...] et le passif impersonel aura devant luy ou aprés cest seigne il, si come il est dit ou ainsi est il dit  136
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