ACTIVE, in Grammar, is applied to such words as express action, and is therefore opposed to passive. The active performs the action, as the passive receives it. Thus we say, a verb active, a conjugation active, &c. or an active participle.
Active Verbs are such as do not only signify doing, or acting, but have also nouns following them, to be the subject of the action or impression. Thus, to love, to teach, are verbs active; because we can say, to love a thing, to teach a man. See GRAMMAR.