Definition of act

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Act (v. i.) To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we know not why he has acted so..

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Noncontagious :: Noncontagious (a.) Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact.
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) An entry or a account of that which is due from one party to another; that which is debited in a business transaction; as, a charge in an account book..
Innervation :: Innervation (n.) The act of innerving or stimulating.
Punctured :: Punctured (a.) Produced by puncture; having the characteristics of a puncture; as, a punctured wound..
Lissome :: Lissome (a.) Light; nimble; active.
Initiate :: Initiate (v. i.) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
Operation :: Operation (n.) The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral..
Linguatulina :: Linguatulina (n. pl.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida..
Hydraulicon :: Hydraulicon (n.) An ancient musical instrument played by the action of water; a water organ.
Torpedo :: Torpedo (v. t.) to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo..
Knit :: Knit (v. t.) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
Necessitarianism :: Necessitarianism (n.) The doctrine of philosophical necessity; the doctrine that results follow by invariable sequence from causes, and esp. that the will is not free, but that human actions and choices result inevitably from motives; deteminism..
Realization :: Realization (n.) The act of realizing, or the state of being realized..
Limit :: Limit (v. t.) A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent..
Perpender :: Perpender (n.) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone..
Preponderation :: Preponderation (n.) The act or state of preponderating; preponderance; as, a preponderation of reasons..
Enhancement :: Enhancement (n.) The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime..
Reflection :: Reflection (n.) The reverting of the mind to that which has already occupied it; continued consideration; meditation; contemplation; hence, also, that operation or power of the mind by which it is conscious of its own acts or states; the capacity for judging rationally, especially in view of a moral rule or standard..
Undeeded :: Undeeded (a.) Not made famous by any great action.
Phenicine :: Phenicine (n.) A coloring matter produced by the action of a mixture of strong nitric and sulphuric acids on phenylic alcohol.
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