active
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
Other meanings
Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
Word history
From Latin "activus".
Where this comes from
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