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Active
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(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.
(2):
(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.
(3):
(a.) Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
(4):
(a.) In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; - opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
(5):
(a.) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
(6):
(a.) Requiring or implying action or exertion; - opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
(7):
(a.) Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; - opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
(8):
(a.) Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
(9):
(a.) Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
(10):
(a.) Applied to a form of the verb; - opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
(11):
(a.) Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Active'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/active.html. 1828.
