Definition of act

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Act (v. i.) To perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will..

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Antalkaline :: Antalkaline (n.) Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system..
Secretariate :: Secretariate (n.) The office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business, keeps records, etc..
Weatherworn :: Weatherworn (a.) Worn by the action of, or by exposure to, the weather..
Formularization :: Formularization (n.) The act of formularizing; a formularized or formulated statement or exhibition.
Disfigurement :: Disfigurement (n.) Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity..
Incurvation :: Incurvation (n.) The act of bending, or curving..
Numeration :: Numeration (n.) The act or art of numbering.
Cyclone :: Cyclone (n.) A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This center moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty miles an hour..
Replevin :: Replevin (n.) A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention..
Benefaction :: Benefaction (n.) The act of conferring a benefit.
Torsion :: Torsion (n.) The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction..
Cycas :: Cycas (n.) A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago..
Arthrodynia :: Arthrodynia (n.) An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease..
Synallaxine :: Synallagmatic (a.) Imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; as, a synallagmatic contract..
Primitive :: Primitive (a.) Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress..
Dentiloquy :: Dentiloquy (n.) The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth, or with them closed..
Purgation :: Purgation (n.) The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuation of the bowels..
Skip :: Skip (n.) The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
Keratonyxis :: Keratonyxis (n.) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass..
Sharpshooter :: Sharpshooter (n.) One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.
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