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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Gentrie :: Gentrie (n.) Nobility of birth or of character; gentility.
Semen :: Semen (n.) The seed or fecundating fluid of male animals; sperm. It is a white or whitish viscid fluid secreted by the testes, characterized by the presence of spermatozoids to which it owes its generative power..
Alarm :: Alarm (v. t.) To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
Agalmatolite :: Agalmatolite (n.) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite..
Attrahent :: Attrahent (v. t.) Attracting; drawing; attractive.
Hibernation :: Hibernation (n.) The act or state of hibernating.
Palinode :: Palinode (n.) A retraction; esp., a formal retraction..
Voltaism :: Voltaism (n.) That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; -- called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals..
Tout :: Tout (v. i.) To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.
Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound..
March :: March (n.) The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops.
Act :: Act (n.) Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing)..
Disproval :: Disproval (n.) Act of disproving; disproof.
Shape :: Shape (n.) Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape..
Perfidious :: Perfidious (a.) Involving, or characterized by, perfidy..
Denization :: Denization (n.) The act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization.
Tractitious :: Tractitious (a.) Treating of; handling.
Type :: Type (n.) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing..
Mortify :: Mortify (v. i.) To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.
Circumfusion :: Circumfusion (n.) The act of pouring or spreading round; the state of being spread round.
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