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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Demur :: Demur (v. i.) Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
Antiseptic :: Antiseptic (n.) A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona..
Pluperfect :: Pluperfect (a.) More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event.
Walk :: Walk (n.) A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian..
Inactivity :: Inactivity (n.) Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion; want of energy; sluggishness.
Self-posited :: Self-posited (a.) Disposed or arranged by an action originating in one's self or in itself.
Reach :: Reach (v. i.) To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something..
Gerund :: Gerund (n.) A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, Ic haebbe mete to etanne (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone..
Impression :: Impression (n.) That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon..
Suit :: Suit (v. t.) To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word..
Frequentative :: Frequentative (a.) Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb..
Taction :: Taction (n.) The act of touching; touch; contact; tangency.
Droitural :: Droitural (a.) relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished from the right of possession; as, droitural actions..
Rounding :: Rounding (n.) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11..
Heat :: Heat (v. t.) To excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions..
Chronology :: Chronology (n.) The science which treats of measuring time by regular divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their proper dates..
Joinder :: Joinder (v. t.) A joining of causes of action or defense in civil suits or criminal prosecutions.
Remittance :: Remittance (n.) The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation..
Pool :: Pool (v. i.) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction..
New :: New (superl.) Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous..
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