( 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.
( 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012