Definition of act

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Act (v. t.) To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero..

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Necessitarian :: Necessitarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the doctrine of philosophical necessity in regard to the origin and existence of things, especially as applied to the actings or choices of the will; -- opposed to libertarian..
Diffracted :: Diffracted (imp. & p. p.) of Diffrac.
Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects..
Tramming :: Tramming (n.) The act or process of forming trams. See 2d Tram.
Vergency :: Vergency (n.) The act of verging or approaching; tendency; approach.
Reconstruction :: Reconstruction (n.) The act or process of reorganizing the governments of the States which had passed ordinances of secession, and of reestablishing their constitutional relations to the national government, after the close of the Civil War..
Version :: Version (n.) The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language..
Hydrodynamometer :: Hydrodynamometer (n.) An instrument to measure the velocity of a liquid current by the force of its impact.
Clannish :: Clannish (a.) Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan..
Trigonia :: Trigonia (n.) A genus of pearly bivalve shells, numerous extinct species of which are characteristic of the Mesozoic rocks. A few living species exist on the coast of Australia..
Potentiate :: Potentiate (v. t.) To render active or potent.
Throw :: Throw (v. i.) To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice..
Flashing :: Flashing (n.) The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a globe of crown glass to allow it to assume a flat shape as it is rotated..
Entrancement :: Entrancement (n.) The act of entrancing, or the state of trance or ecstasy..
Magnality :: Magnality (n.) A great act or event; a great attainment.
Chylificatory :: Chylificatory (a.) Chylifactive.
Purging :: Purging (n.) The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea..
Pestilence :: Pestilence (n.) Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers..
Illutation :: Illutation (n.) The act or operation of smearing the body with mud, especially with the sediment from mineral springs; a mud bath..
Digest :: Digest (v. t.) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme..
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