01 a. Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life.
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Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life.“A more stirring and intellectual age than any which had gone before it.” — Southey.
Syn.
Animating; arousing; awakening; stimulating; quickening; exciting.