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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Extractive :: Extractive (n.) Anything extracted; an extract.
Calefactive :: Calefactive (a.) See Calefactory.
Chylifactive :: Chylifactive (a.) Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle..
Idle :: Idle (superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours..
Inactively :: Inactively (adv.) In an inactive manner.
Retractive :: Retractive (a.) Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
Restive :: Restive (a.) Inactive; sluggish.
Form :: Form (n.) That assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is; -- called essential or substantial form, and contradistinguished from matter; hence, active or formative nature; law of being or activity; subjectively viewed, an idea; objectively, a law..
Deedy :: Deedy (a.) Industrious; active.
Actually :: Actually (adv.) Actively.
Attractivity :: Attractivity (n.) The quality or degree of attractive power.
Apathy :: Apathy (n.) Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion..
Extractive :: Extractive (a.) Tending or serving to extract or draw out.
Satisfactive :: Satisfactive (a.) Satisfactory.
Arnicin :: Arnicin (n.) An active principle of Arnica montana. It is a bitter resin.
Lernaeacea :: Lernaeacea (n. pl.) A suborder of copepod Crustacea, including a large number of remarkable forms, mostly parasitic on fishes. The young, however, are active and swim freely. See Illustration in Appendix..
Active :: Active (a.) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
Poppied :: Poppied (a.) Affected with poppy juice; hence, figuratively, drugged; drowsy; listless; inactive..
Alacrious :: Alacrious (a.) Brisk; joyously active; lively.
Sluggish :: Sluggish (a.) Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man..
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