[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

active \ac"tive\, a. f. actif, l. activus, fr. agere to act.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body;
      nimble; as, an active child or animal.
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            active and nervous was his gait.      --wordsworth.
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   3. in action; actually proceeding; working; in force; --
      opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as,
      active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
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   4. 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.
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   5. requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to
      sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or
      service; active scenes.
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   6. 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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   7. brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
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   8. implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease;
      an active remedy.
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   9. gram.
      a applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to
          passive. see active voice, under voice.
      b applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts
          upon or affects something else; transitive.
      c applied to all verbs that express action as distinct
          from mere existence or state.
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   active capital, active wealth, money, or property that
      may readily be converted into money.
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   syn: agile; alert; brisk; vigorous; nimble; lively; quick;
        sprightly; prompt; energetic.
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see also:
passive quiescent dormant extinct dull sluggish 
indolent inert sedentary tranquil speculative 
theoretical active voice voice active capital active wealth 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wealth \wealth\, n. oe. welthe, from wele; cf. d. weelde
   luxury. see weal prosperity.
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   1. weal; welfare; prosperity; good. obs. "let no man seek
      his own, but every man another's wealth." --1 cor. x. 24.
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   2. large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which
      are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly
      estate; affluence; opulence; riches.
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            i have little wealth to lose.         --shak.
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            each day new wealth, without their care, provides.
                                                  --dryden.
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            wealth comprises all articles of value and nothing
            else.                                 --f. a.
                                                  walker.
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   3. econ.
      a in the private sense, all property which has a money
          value.
      b in the public sense, all objects, esp. material
          objects, which have economic utility.
      c those energies, faculties, and habits directly
          contributing to make people industrially efficient; in
          this sense, specifically called personal wealth.
          webster 1913 suppl.

   active wealth. see under active.
      1913 webster

   syn: riches; affluence; opulence; abundance.
        1913 webster
see also:
weal personal wealth active wealth active 

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