Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAS-SIV'I-TY
PAS-SIV'I-TY, n.
- Passiveness – which see. [Little used.] – Cheyne.
- The tendency of a body to persevere in a given state, either of motion or rest, till disturbed by another body. – Good.
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