Action :: Action (n.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks..

Action :: Action (n.) An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action..

Action :: Action (n.) The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe.

Actionable :: Actionable (a.) That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable..

Actionably :: Actionably (adv.) In an actionable manner.

Actionary :: Actionary (n.) Alt. of Actionis.

Actionist :: Actionist (n.) A shareholder in joint-stock company.

Actionless :: Actionless (a.) Void of action.

Activate :: Activate (v. t.) To make active.

Active :: Active (a.) Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind..

Active :: Active (a.) Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal..

Active :: Active (a.) In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano..

Active :: Active (a.) Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal..

Active :: Active (a.) Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes..

Active :: Active (a.) Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman..

Active :: Active (a.) Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn..

Active :: Active (a.) Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy..

Active :: Active (a.) Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice..

Active :: Active (a.) Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.

Active :: Active (a.) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.

Actively :: Actively (adv.) In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively..

Actively :: Actively (adv.) In an active signification; as, a word used actively..

Activeness :: Activeness (n.) The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.

Activities :: Activities (pl. ) of Activit.

Activity :: Activity (n.) The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities..

Adiactinic :: Adiactinic (a.) Not transmitting the actinic rays.

Agalactia :: Agalactia (n.) Alt. of Agalax.

Antiputrefactive :: Antiputrefactive (a.) Alt. of Antiputrescen.

Apotactite :: Apotactite (n.) One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions..

Arefaction :: Arefaction (n.) The act of drying, or the state of growing dry..

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