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n or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities. "The activity of toil." Palfrey.

The quality or degree of attractive power.

Unity of action.

The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.

The quality or state of being self-active; self-action.

hen one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action. One wise in council, one in action brave. Pope.

The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.

Abundant activity. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, strength and agility of body. They . . . trust to the agility of their wit. Bacon. Wheeling with the agility of a hawk. Sir W. Scott.

A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy. I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have. Shak.

The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.

Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged. The Boyne, for a quarter of a mile, was alive with muskets and green boughs. Macaulay.

Lack of energy; inactivity. -- An*er"gic (#), a.

The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality.

using, or the state of being aroused. Whatever has associated itself with the arousal and activity of our better nature. Hare.

Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.

to contend in exercises requiring great physical agility and strength; one who has great activity and strength; a champion.

self- moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of matter.

Capable of self-nourishment; -- said of all plants in which photosynthetic activity takes place, as opposed to parasitism or saprophytism.

Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn. -- A*wak"en*ing*ly, adv.