Definition of act

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Act (n.) Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing)..

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Slander :: Slander (v. t.) To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.
Ungulata :: Ungulata (n. pl.) An extensive group of mammals including all those that have hoofs. It comprises the Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla.
Style :: Style (v. t.) Mode of presentation, especially in music or any of the fine arts; a characteristic of peculiar mode of developing in idea or accomplishing a result..
Laying :: Laying (n.) The act or period of laying eggs; the eggs laid for one incubation; a clutch.
Trackage :: Trackage (n.) The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive..
Husking :: Husking (n.) The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn..
Foam :: Foam (n.) To form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy, as because of chemical action..
Practice :: Practice (n.) Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise..
Alacrious :: Alacrious (a.) Brisk; joyously active; lively.
Erythrite :: Erythrite (n.) A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called also erythrol, erythroglucin, erythromannite, pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phycite obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a tetrabasic alcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin..
Calcination :: Calcination (n.) The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation.
Chymification :: Chymification (n.) The conversion of food into chyme by the digestive action of gastric juice.
Thin :: Thin (superl.) Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin..
Concision :: Concision (n.) A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction.
Physical :: Physical (a.) Perceptible through a bodily or material organization; cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical, opposed to chemical, characters of a mineral..
Rising :: Rising (a.) Growing; advancing to adult years and to the state of active life; as, the rising generation..
Stadium :: Stadium (n.) A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia..
Misplacement :: Misplacement (n.) The act of misplacing, or the state of being misplaced..
Refresh :: Refresh (n.) The act of refreshing.
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