Definition of act

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Act (n.) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress..

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Descent :: Descent (n.) The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower..
Exoneration :: Exoneration (n.) The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge..
Hydrodynamometer :: Hydrodynamometer (n.) An instrument to measure the velocity of a liquid current by the force of its impact.
Idolize :: Idolize (v. i.) To practice idolatry.
Substitutional :: Substitution (n.) The act or process of substituting an atom or radical for another atom or radical; metethesis; also, the state of being so substituted. See Metathesis..
Adynamic :: Adynamic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, debility of the vital powers; weak..
Frenzy :: Frenzy (n.) Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage.
Taxation :: Taxation (n.) The act of taxing, or assessing a bill of cost..
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff..
Refract :: Refract (n.) To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
Workmanship :: Workmanship (n.) That which is effected, made, or produced; manufacture, something made by manual labor..
Anglicism :: Anglicism (n.) The quality of being English; an English characteristic, custom, or method..
Injector :: Injector (n.) A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffard's injector, from the inventor..
Syncope :: Syncopation (n.) The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows..
Snakish :: Snakish (a.) Having the qualities or characteristics of a snake; snaky.
Revival :: Revival (n.) The act of reviving, or the state of being revived..
Committal :: Committal (n.) The act of committing, or the state of being committed; commitment..
Noble :: Noble (superl.) Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart..
Compulsion :: Compulsion (n.) The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force..
Land :: Land (n.) Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract..
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