Definition of active

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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..

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Reactive :: Reactive (a.) Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction.
Attractive :: Attractive (a.) Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies..
Protractive :: Protractive (a.) Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying.
Dioptre :: Dioptre (n.) A unit employed by oculists in numbering glasses according to the metric system; a refractive power equal to that of a glass whose principal focal distance is one meter.
Wimble :: Wimble (a.) Active; nimble.
Subtractive :: Subtractive (a.) Tending, or having power, to subtract..
Rife :: Rife (a.) Having power; active; nimble.
Refractiveness :: Refractiveness (n.) The quality or condition of being refractive.
Unactiveness :: Unactiveness (n.) Inactivity.
Chylifactive :: Chylifactive (a.) Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle..
Colocynthin :: Colocynthin (n.) The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside..
Frigefactive :: Frigefactive (a.) Cooling.
Swanlike :: Swanky (n.) An active and clever young fellow.
Inactive :: Inactive (a.) Not active; inert; esp., not exhibiting any action or activity on polarized light; optically neutral; -- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in distinction from other forms which are optically active; as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid..
Passive :: Passive (a.) Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene..
Tick :: Tick (n.) Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals. When filled with blood they become ovate, much swollen, and usually livid red in color. Some of the species often attach themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first but six legs..
Activeness :: Activeness (n.) The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.
Insurgent :: Insurgent (n.) A person who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government; one who openly and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel.
Actual :: Actual (a.) Involving or comprising action; active.
Satisfactive :: Satisfactive (a.) Satisfactory.
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