Definition of act

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

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Misrule :: Misrule (n.) The act, or the result, of misruling..
Tinman :: Tinman (n.) A manufacturer of tin vessels; a dealer in tinware.
Insatisfaction :: Insatisfaction (n.) Dissatisfaction.
Mistress :: Mistress (n.) A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman..
Surprise :: Surprisal (n.) The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise..
Corrugent :: Corrugent (a.) Drawing together; contracting; -- said of the corrugator.
Count :: Count (v. t.) The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting..
Suspend :: Suspend (n.) To cause to cease for a time from operation or effect; as, to suspend the habeas corpus act; to suspend the rules of a legislative body..
Florilege :: Florilege (n.) The act of gathering flowers.
Roll :: Roll (n.) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal..
Lockout :: Lockout (n.) The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages..
Pseudoneuroptera :: Pseudoneuroptera (n. pl.) division of insects (Zool.) reticulated wings, as in the Neuroptera, but having an active pupa state. It includes the dragon flies, May flies, white ants, etc. By some zoologists they are classed with the Orthoptera; by others, with the Neuroptera..
Self-renunciation :: Self-renunciation (n.) The act of renouncing, or setting aside, one's own wishes, claims, etc.; self-sacrifice..
Broke :: Broke (v. i.) To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp.
Implosion :: Implosion (n.) A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, //159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany..
Right :: Right (a.) Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious.
Herald :: Herald (n.) An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character..
Imperialize :: Imperialize (v. t.) To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to bring to the form of an empire..
Colporteur :: Colporteur (n.) A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books..
Concise :: Concise (a.) Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.
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