These are the meanings of the letters AFECTIVA when you unscramble them.
- Active (a.)
Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
- Active (a.)
Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
- Active (a.)
Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- Active (a.)
Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
- Active (a.)
Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
- Active (a.)
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.
- Active (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.
- Active (a.)
Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
- Active (a.)
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
- Active (a.)
Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
- Active (a.)
Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
- Atavic (a.)
Pertaining to a remote ancestor, or to atavism.
- aviate (unknown)
Sorry. I don't have the meaning of this word.
- Caveat (n.)
A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the patent office before the patent right is applied for, and operating as a bar to the issue of letters patent to any other person, respecting the same invention.
- Caveat (n.)
A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc.
- Caveat (n.)
Intimation of caution; warning; protest.
- faciae (unknown)
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- Vacate (v. t.)
To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause.
- Vacate (v. t.)
To defeat; to put an end to.
- Vacate (v. t.)
To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house.