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1. actī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. as n.
Additional spellings:
active
11 quotations in 4 senses
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A person who is active in a cause.
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2. actī̆f, -ī̆ve adj.
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active
32 quotations in 4 senses
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Of human actions: done (as opposed to suffered), voluntary; actif cursing, self-excommunication.
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4. rāther(e adj.comparative
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rathere
38 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Former, prior, earlier, previous; ben rather than, to exist before (sb.); (b) as noun: the rather, the former, the former one(s; also, the first; that rather, the former one; of rather, too early……
6. spiritū̆āl adj.
119 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Immaterial; consisting solely of intellect, purely intellectual; (b) having the properties of the immaterial: of virtues: unbounded, infinite; of torment: intangible; (c) phil. & theol. of form……
8. substanciāl adj.
67 quotations in 6 senses
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Chiefly phil. or theol. (a) Pertaining to the very nature of a thing, essential; substancial forme, forme substancial, the principle of existence in a substance and the source of all that is essential……
11. veǧetātī̆f adj.
12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Producing or promoting growth, vegetation, or vigor; animating, vivifying; vegetatif vertu, vertu vegetatif
(b) phil. pertaining to the lowest species of soul, which gives bodily life, growth,……
13. voluntārī(e adj.
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voluntarie
21 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Proceeding from, subject to, or determined by the will; arising from willfulness, arbitrary; of the mind, heart, etc.: capable of unconstrained working, directed by volition; phil. not……