Definition of action

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Action (n.) An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.): Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor..

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Rouse :: Rouse (v.) To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions..
Usitative :: Usitative (a.) Denoting usual or customary action.
Congener :: Congener (n.) A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied in nature, character, or action..
Acid :: Acid (a.) Of or pertaining to an acid; as, acid reaction..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
Seventieth :: Seventieth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by seventy; one of seventy equal parts or fractions.
Electro-physiological :: Electro-physiological (a.) Pertaining to electrical results produced through physiological agencies, or by change of action in a living organism..
Boon :: Boon (n.) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.
Stibious :: Stibine (n.) Antimony hydride, or hydrogen antimonide, a colorless gas produced by the action of nascent hydrogen on antimony. It has a characteristic odor and burns with a characteristic greenish flame. Formerly called also antimoniureted hydrogen..
Madefaction :: Madefaction (n.) Alt. of Madeficatio.
Object :: Object (v. t.) That by which the mind, or any of its activities, is directed; that on which the purpose are fixed as the end of action or effort; that which is sought for; end; aim; motive; final cause..
Account :: Account (n.) A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle..
Intumesce :: Intumesce (v. i.) To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe..
Atilt :: Atilt (adv.) In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust..
Voucher :: Voucher (n.) The act of calling in a person to make good his warranty of title in the old form of action for the recovery of lands.
Stunted :: Stunsail (n.) A contraction of Studding sail.
Abiogenesis :: Abiogenesis (n.) The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis..
Aseptic :: Aseptic (a.) Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.
Act :: Act (n.) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.
Tartarize :: Tartarize (v. t.) To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar..
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