Adjective

(en adjective)

Full of ardor; fervent, passionate.

* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 43

This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.

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, year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=4 citation , passage=I see by your eagerness and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be informed of the secret with which I am acquainted; that cannot be; listen patiently until the end of my story, and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject. I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery.}}

Burning; glowing; shining.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.

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Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.

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In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; — opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct.

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# Being an active volcano.

Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; — opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert.

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*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.

Requiring or implying action or exertion;—opposed to sedentary or to tranquil.

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Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; — opposed to speculative or theoretical.

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Brisk; lively.

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Implying or producing rapid action.

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About verbs.

#Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.

#Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.

#Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.

(lb) (of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.