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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Pulchritude :: Pulchritude (n.) Attractive moral excellence; moral beauty.
Antiputrefactive :: Antiputrefactive (a.) Alt. of Antiputrescen.
Revulsion :: Revulsion (n.) The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation..
Fiddle :: Fiddle (v. i.) To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle.
Loveless :: Loveless (a.) Not attracting love; unattractive.
Grace :: Grace (n.) Graceful and beautiful females, sister goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to wisdom, love, and social intercourse..
Chylifactive :: Chylifactive (a.) Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle..
Active :: Active (a.) Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy..
Force :: Force (n.) Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term..
Energize :: Energize (v. t.) To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify; as, to energize the will..
Phosphorus :: Phosphorus (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for man
Abstractiveness :: Abstractiveness (n.) The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.
Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement.
Triungulus :: Triungulus (n.) The active young larva of any oil beetle. It has feet armed with three claws, and is parasitic on bees. See Illust. of Oil beetle, under Oil..
Active :: Active (a.) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
Attrahent :: Attrahent (v. t.) Attracting; drawing; attractive.
Negotious :: Negotious (a.) Very busy; attentive to business; active.
Engaging :: Engaging (a.) Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address..
Subtrahend :: Subtractive (a.) Having the negative sign, or sign minus..
Inanimate :: Inanimate (a.) Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances..
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