Definition of active

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Active (a.) Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman..

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Additive :: Additive (a.) Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.
Elegant :: Elegant (a.) Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive; as, elegant manners; elegant style of composition; an elegant speaker; an elegant structure..
Retire :: Retire (v. t.) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer..
Retired :: Retired (a.) Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician..
Psychagogic :: Psychagogic (a.) Attractive; persuasive.
Lively :: Lively (adv.) In a brisk, active, or animated manner; briskly; vigorously..
Bloom :: Bloom (n.) The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow..
Eductive :: Eductive (a.) Tending to draw out; extractive.
Calefactive :: Calefactive (a.) See Calefactory.
Retractive :: Retractive (a.) Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
Stir :: Stir (v. i.) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self.
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..
Attractive :: Attractive (n.) That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.
Slothful :: Slothful (a.) Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.
Yern :: Yern (a.) Eager; brisk; quick; active.
Antacid :: Antacid (a.) Counteractive of acidity.
Deutoplasm :: Deutoplasm (n.) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; yolk..
Saccharomyces :: Saccharomyces (n.) A genus of budding fungi, the various species of which have the power, to a greater or less extent, or splitting up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the active agents in producing fermentation of wine, beer, etc. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called Torula..
Live :: Live (a.) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator..
Water Monitor :: Water monitor () A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also two-banded monitor, and kabaragoya. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors..
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