passivizableadj.
/ˈpasᵻˌvʌɪzəbl/, U.S. /ˈpæsəˌvaɪzəb(ə)l/ Grammar.
Able to undergo passivization; meeting the criteria for conversion to the passive.
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passivizable1972
1972 A. Makkai Idiom Struct. Eng. 152 The tournure kick the bucket, per se, is not passivizable.
1978 Language 54 172 Phrases are apt to be passivizable if ‘they perform the same function as single verbs’.
1990 Lit. & Ling. Computing 5 10/1 Saad..devotes a whole chapter, in which he classifies smaller groups of passivizable and non-passivizable verbs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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