Definition of act

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Act (v. t.) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

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Catallactics :: Catallactics (n.) The science of exchanges, a branch of political economy..
Action :: Action (n.) The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events..
Empiricism :: Empiricism (n.) Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery..
Noncontagious :: Noncontagious (a.) Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact.
Crossgrained :: Crossgrained (a.) Perverse; untractable; contrary.
Knit :: Knit (v. t.) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
Coloring :: Coloring (n.) The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color..
Exacter :: Exacter (n.) An exactor.
Virile :: Virile (a.) Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs..
Solicit :: Solicit (v. t.) To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
Malepractice :: Malepractice (n.) See Malpractice.
Perception :: Perception (n.) The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition..
Calycular :: Calycular (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the bracts of a calycle..
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; also, that which is so delivered or deposited; something put in pawn..
Smell :: Smell (v. t.) The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.
Understudy :: Understudy (v. t. & i.) To study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part..
Inertia :: Inertia (n.) Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness..
Mucin :: Mucin (n.) An albuminoid substance which is contained in mucus, and gives to the latter secretion its peculiar ropy character. It is found in all the secretions from mucous glands, and also between the fibers of connective tissue, as in tendons. See Illust. of Demilune..
Lin :: Lin (n.) A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin..
Heart :: Heart (v. i.) To form a compact center or heart; as, a hearting cabbage..
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