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- English Word Action Definition Any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice.
- English Word Action Definition Gesticulation; the external deportment of the speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures, and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings.
- English Word Action Definition The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
- English Word Action Definition A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense.
- English Word Action Definition A right of action; as, the law gives an action for every claim.
- English Word Action Definition A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks.
- English Word Action Definition An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.
- English Word Action Definition The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe.
- English Word Actionable Definition That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.
- English Word Actionably Definition In an actionable manner.
- English Word Actionary Definition Alt. of Actionist
- English Word Actionist Definition A shareholder in joint-stock company.
- English Word Actionless Definition Void of action.
- English Word Activate Definition To make active.
- English Word Active Definition 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.
- English Word Active Definition Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
- English Word Active Definition In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
- English Word Active Definition 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.
- English Word Active Definition Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
- English Word Active Definition Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
- English Word Active Definition Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
- English Word Active Definition Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
- English Word Active Definition Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
- English Word Active Definition Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- English Word Active Definition Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
- English Word Actively Definition In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively.
- English Word Actively Definition In an active signification; as, a word used actively.
- English Word Activeness Definition The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.
- English Word Activities Definition of Activity
- English Word Activity Definition The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.