1theol.active (as opposed to contemplative):
(
s.xiii1/4;
MS: s.xiiiex
) Ki en amur e en charité a Deu se humilie [...] E nepurquant entre gent meyne active vie
349
(
1255-60;
MS: s.xiii3/4
) [...] kar ki sodeinement munte a la vie de contemplatiun seins les hauns des oeveres de la vie active, il chet de leger
1741
(
MS: s.xiii-xiv
)
Duz est
(=J.C.) en la veie active, Mais plus duz en la contemplative
176.95
( 1360-79;
MS: s.xivex ) La vie active en soy demeine, Sicomme fesoit de sa partie Martha la suer du Magdeleine
14558
1theol.one who leads an active life (as opposed to a contemplative one):
(
1267;
MS: c.1300
)
(of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit:) A l’active si deit plere Dun de pitié pur bien fere, E force pur bien sustenir, Science [e] cunseil pur acumplir
7175
2
gramm.
(of verbal tense) active, in which the subject performs the action of the verb:
(
c.1400;
MS: s.xv1
) Et sçachez qu'il y a deux paires de verbes, c'est assçavoir actif et passif
136
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actif (s.xiii1/4)