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gramm.(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
Barton1 136
passif (c.1400)