Definition of active

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

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Live :: Live (a.) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator..
Antihypochondriac :: Antihypochondriac (a.) Counteractive of hypochondria.
Exhaust :: Exhaust (v. t.) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether..
Practive :: Practive (a.) Doing; active.
Actively :: Actively (adv.) In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively..
In- :: In- () An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial..
Alert :: Alert (a.) Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.
Dapper :: Dapper (a.) Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively.
Emmetropia :: Emmetropia (n.) That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, an astigmatism..
Saccharomyces :: Saccharomyces (n.) A genus of budding fungi, the various species of which have the power, to a greater or less extent, or splitting up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the active agents in producing fermentation of wine, beer, etc. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called Torula..
Busy :: Busy (a.) Officious; meddling; foolish active.
Spoiled :: Spoffish (a.) Earnest and active in matters of no moment; bustling.
Lust :: Lust (n.) Hence: Virility; vigor; active power.
Hypermetropy :: Hypermetropy (n.) A condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina; farsightedness; -- called also hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia..
Deponent :: Deponent (a.) Having a passive form with an active meaning, as certain latin and Greek verbs..
Counteractive :: Counteractive (n.) One who, or that which, counteracts..
Reactive :: Reactive (a.) Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction.
Petrific :: Petrific (a.) Petrifying; petrifactive.
Retire :: Retire (v. t.) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer..
Yern :: Yern (a.) Eager; brisk; quick; active.
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