Definition of active

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

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Idle :: Idle (superl.) Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen..
Enterprising :: Enterprising (a.) Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm..
Busy :: Busy (a.) Constantly at work; diligent; active.
Bright :: Bright (a.) Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty..
Mistura :: Mistura (n.) Sometimes, a liquid medicine containing very active substances, and which can only be administered by drops..
Colocynthin :: Colocynthin (n.) The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside..
Negotious :: Negotious (a.) Very busy; attentive to business; active.
Recherche :: Recherche (a.) Sought out with care; choice. Hence: of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind..
Spud :: Spry (superl.) Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
Dioptrical :: Dioptrical (a.) Of or pertaining to dioptrics; assisting vision by means of the refraction of light; refractive; as, the dioptric system; a dioptric glass or telescope..
Quicken :: Quicken (a.) To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed..
Wrest :: Wrest (n.) Active or moving power.
Active :: Active (a.) Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman..
Deponent :: Deponent (a.) Having a passive form with an active meaning, as certain latin and Greek verbs..
Tomopteris :: Tomopteris (n.) A genus of transparent marine annelids which swim actively at the surface of the sea. They have deeply divided or forked finlike organs (parapodia). This genus is the type of the order, or suborder, Gymnocopa..
Inactively :: Inactively (adv.) In an inactive manner.
Brainy :: Brainy (a.) Having an active or vigorous mind.
Stupefacient :: Stupefacient (a.) Producing stupefaction; stupefactive.
Calefactive :: Calefactive (a.) See Calefactory.
Active :: Active (a.) Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
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