How to make a deponent passive in meaning?

1. Are deponents active or passive?
2. How do you make a passive form?

Are deponents active or passive?

RULE 1: Deponent verbs are passive in form but active in meaning (and expectation), with the following exceptions: 1) Active forms with active meanings: a) present active participle, e.g. loquens "speaking"; b) future active participle (and infinitive), e.g. locuturus (esse) "(to be) about to speak."

How do you make a passive form?

To create passive sentences we use 'to be' + the past participle of the main verb.