The Collaborative International Dictionary
Active verb
Verb \Verb\, n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See Word.]
A word; a vocable. [Obs.]
--South.-
(Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action.
Note: A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind [the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds expression.
--Earle.Active verb, Auxiliary verb, Neuter verb, etc. See Active, Auxiliary, Neuter, etc.
Usage examples of "active verb".
With an active verb, the subject of the sentence is doing something.
The idea that she could be an active verb rather than a passive one startled her.