Definition of act

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Act (v. t.) To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero..

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Dispersal :: Dispersal (n.) The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.
Alteration :: Alteration (n.) The act of altering or making different.
Put :: Put (v. t.) To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong construction on an act or expression..
Viewiness :: Viewiness (n.) The quality or state of being viewy, or of having unpractical views..
Bloodletting :: Bloodletting (n.) The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection..
Fallowist :: Fallowist (n.) One who favors the practice of fallowing land.
Madefication :: Madefication (n.) The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet..
Propionic :: Propionic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid which is produced in the distillation of wood, in the fermentation of various organic substances, as glycerin, calcium lactate, etc., and is obtained as a colorless liquid having a sharp, pungent odor. Propionic acid is so called because it is the first or lowest member of the fatty acid series whose salts have a fatty feel..
Divinator :: Divinator (n.) One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner.
Mitigation :: Mitigation (n.) The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty..
Antilogous :: Antilogous (a.) Of the contrary name or character; -- opposed to analogous.
Trial :: Trial (n.) The act of testing by experience; proof; test.
Spare :: Spare (n.) The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
Alibi :: Alibi (n.) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi..
Vegetation :: Vegetation (n.) The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth..
Parentage :: Parentage (n.) Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage..
Picking :: Picking (n.) The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick..
Wagering :: Wagering (a.) Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers.
Sign :: Sign (n.) A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is expressed, or a command or a wish made known..
Melodramatic :: Melodramatic (a.) Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
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