Activate(v. t.) To make active.
Active(a.) Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.
Active(a.) Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
Active(a.) In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
Active(a.) Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.
Active(a.) Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
Active(a.) Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
Active(a.) Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
Active(a.) Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
Active(a.) Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
Active(a.) Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
Active(a.) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
Actively(adv.) In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively.
Actively(adv.) In an active signification; as, a word used actively.
Activeness(n.) The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.
Activities(pl. ) of Activity
Activity(n.) The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.
Words within activity