Definition of acting

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Acting (a.) Operating in any way.

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Ironclad :: Ironclad (a.) Rigorous; severe; exacting; as, an ironclad oath or pledge..
Exacting :: Exacting (a.) Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe.
Collusive :: Collusive (a.) Acting in collusion.
Pause :: Pause (n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
Bent :: Bent (v.) Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
Rapacity :: Rapacity (n.) The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.
Overact :: Overact (v. t.) To act or perform to excess; to exaggerate in acting; as, he overacted his part..
Coulomb :: Coulomb (n.) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one ampere in one second. Formerly called weber..
Substitution :: Substitution (n.) The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority.
Abstracting :: Abstracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abstrac.
Impacting :: Impacting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impac.
Intramolecular :: Intramolecular (a.) Between molecules; situated, or acting, between the molecules of bodies..
Refracting :: Refracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Refrac.
Astringency :: Astringency (n.) The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin..
Noteless :: Noteless (a.) Not attracting notice; not conspicuous.
Disorderly :: Disorderly (a.) Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind..
Agency :: Agency (n.) The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.
Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake..
Voltameter :: Voltameter (n.) An instrument for measuring the voltaic electricity passing through it, by its effect in decomposing water or some other chemical compound acting as an electrolyte..
Expeditious :: Expeditious (a.) Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with, expedition; quick; having celerity; speedily; as, an expeditious march or messenger..
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