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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Actively :: Actively (adv.) In an active signification; as, a word used actively..
Counteractive :: Counteractive (n.) One who, or that which, counteracts..
Live :: Live (a.) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator..
Volant :: Volant (a.) Nimble; light and quick; active; rapid.
Light-footed :: Light-footed (a.) Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris..
Zeal :: Zeal (n.) Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor.
Antiseptic :: Antiseptic (n.) A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona..
Heartily :: Heartily (adv.) With zeal; actively; vigorously; willingly; cordially; as, he heartily assisted the prince..
Resort :: Resort (n.) Active power or movement; spring.
Ostentation :: Ostentation (n.) The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.
Swanlike :: Swanky (n.) An active and clever young fellow.
Active :: Active (a.) Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn..
Stagnate :: Stagnate (v. t.) To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates..
Deedy :: Deedy (a.) Industrious; active.
Extractive :: Extractive (a.) Capable of being extracted.
Free-soil :: Free-soil (a.) Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery; -- esp. applied to a party which was active during the period 1846-1856..
Psychagogic :: Psychagogic (a.) Attractive; persuasive.
Actually :: Actually (adv.) Actively.
Handsome :: Handsome (superl.) Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse..
Stagnantly :: Stagnant (a.) Not active or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant..
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