Definition of action

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Action (n.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks..

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Encumber :: Encumber (v. t.) To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning..
Heat :: Heat (v. t.) To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
Satisfy :: Satisfy (v. i.) To give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired.
Interaction :: Interaction (n.) Mutual or reciprocal action or influence; as, the interaction of the heart and lungs on each other..
Faction :: Faction (n.) One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus.
Neoplasm :: Neoplasm (n.) A new formation or tissue, the product of morbid action..
Refraction :: Refraction (n.) The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved..
Round :: Round (a.) Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers..
Absorption :: Absorption (n.) An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc..
Christlike :: Christlike (a.) Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc..
Sheepback :: Sheepback (n.) A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. -- produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnee; -- usually in the plural.
Drama :: Drama (n.) A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage..
Acture :: Acture (n.) Action.
Incentive :: Incentive (n.) That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action..
Septic :: Septic (n.) A substance that promotes putrefaction.
Stunted :: Stunsail (n.) A contraction of Studding sail.
Vacuum :: Vacuum (n.) The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch..
Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action of water; to drag or draw off as by the tide; -- often with away, off, out, etc.; as, to wash dirt from the hands..
Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part..
Answer :: Answer (n.) Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action..
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