Definition of action

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Action (n.) Gesticulation; the external deportment of the speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures, and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings..

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Gaucherie :: Gaucherie (n.) An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness.
Mechanics :: Mechanics (n.) That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats of the action of forces on bodies..
Coagulate :: Coagulate (v. t.) To cause (a liquid) to change into a curdlike or semisolid state, not by evaporation but by some kind of chemical reaction; to curdle; as, rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg..
Un- :: Un- (adv.) Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like..
Exhaust :: Exhaust (v. t.) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether..
Excitable :: Excitable (a.) Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated..
Demurrer :: Demurrer (n.) A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further..
Active :: Active (a.) Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes..
Eriometer :: Eriometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed..
Dilatory :: Dilatory (a.) Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures.
Hain''t :: Hain't () A contraction of have not or has not; as, I hain't, he hain't, we hain't..
Process :: Process (n.) A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature..
Nolition :: Nolition (n.) Adverse action of will; unwillingness; -- opposed to volition.
Wag :: Wag (v. i.) To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir.
Droitural :: Droitural (a.) relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished from the right of possession; as, droitural actions..
Art :: Art (n.) Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; as, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage..
Part :: Part (n.) One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent..
War :: War (n.) a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility..
Putrefaction :: Putrefaction (n.) The condition of being putrefied; also, that which putrefied..
Self-involution :: Self-involution (n.) Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie..
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