Definition of act

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Act (v. t.) To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.

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Attractor :: Attractor (n.) One who, or that which, attracts..
Triplication :: Triplication (n.) The act of tripling, or making threefold, or adding three together..
Glaucoma :: Glaucoma (n.) Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with marked increase of tension within the eyeball..
Upburst :: Upburst (n.) The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter..
Substantial :: Substantial (a.) Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life..
Nobly :: Nobly (adv.) Of noble extraction; as, nobly born or descended..
Heathenry :: Heathenry (n.) The state, quality, or character of the heathen..
Heterogeneous :: Heterogeneous (a.) Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up..
Knotted :: Knotted (a.) Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface; as, knotted rocks..
Romanticism :: Romanticism (n.) A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi/val forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style..
Repent :: Repent (v. i.) To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction..
Duress :: Duress (n.) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense..
Leverage :: Leverage (n.) The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.
Active :: Active (a.) Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn..
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) A red speck upon the skin, produced either by the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy, or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards..
Cue :: Cue (n.) The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword..
Embrocation :: Embrocation (n.) The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc..
Holograph :: Holograph (n.) A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be..
Phthalide :: Phthalide (n.) A lactone obtained by reduction of phthalyl chloride, as a white crystalline substance; hence, by extension, any one of the series of which phthalide proper is the type..
Bottling :: Bottling (n.) The act or the process of putting anything into bottles (as beer, mineral water, etc.) and corking the bottles..
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