Definition of active

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Active (a.) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.

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Springal :: Springall (a.) An active, springly young man..
Dexterous :: Dexterous (a.) Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; handy; ready; as, a dexterous hand; a dexterous workman..
Enterprising :: Enterprising (a.) Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm..
Deedy :: Deedy (a.) Industrious; active.
Stiacciato :: Sthenic (a.) Strong; active; -- said especially of morbid states attended with excessive action of the heart and blood vessels, and characterized by strength and activity of the muscular and nervous system; as, a sthenic fever..
Light-footed :: Light-footed (a.) Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris..
Congestion :: Congestion (n.) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyper/mia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs..
Lust :: Lust (n.) Hence: Virility; vigor; active power.
Refractive :: Refractive (a.) Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers..
Conceit :: Conceit (n.) Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
Chylifactive :: Chylifactive (a.) Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle..
Conium :: Conium (n.) The common hemlock (Conium maculatum, poison hemlock, spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used in medicine..
Tomopteris :: Tomopteris (n.) A genus of transparent marine annelids which swim actively at the surface of the sea. They have deeply divided or forked finlike organs (parapodia). This genus is the type of the order, or suborder, Gymnocopa..
Detractiveness :: Detractiveness (n.) The quality of being detractive.
Active :: Active (a.) In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano..
Color :: Color (v. t.) To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices..
Strook :: Strontium (n.) A radioactive isotope of strontium produced by certain nuclear reactions, and constituting one of the prominent harmful components of radioactive fallout from nuclear explosions; also called radiostrontium. It has a half-life of 28 years..
Eductive :: Eductive (a.) Tending to draw out; extractive.
Psychagogic :: Psychagogic (a.) Attractive; persuasive.
Lissome :: Lissome (a.) Light; nimble; active.
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