intransitive verb
: to assume an attitude of indifference or passivity or restraint
we see nothing … that compels the government to sit by while a food supply is cut off — O.W.Holmes †1935
intransitive verb
: to assume an attitude of indifference or passivity or restraint
we see nothing … that compels the government to sit by while a food supply is cut off — O.W.Holmes †1935
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012