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active
Adjective
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If someone is active, he or she does exercise often or participates often.
She was such an active 80-year-old that she ran the .
Jenkins is an active member of the since he goes to all the meetings.
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A sentence is active if its subject does the action.
"Athena helped Odysseus" is an active sentence because Athena is the one who helped.
requisition
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verb
make a formal request for official services
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noun
the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use
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noun
an official form on which a request in made
first you have to fill out the requisition
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verb
demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service
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noun
(= sequestration)
seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized