( a. )
Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
( a. )
Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012