Definition of act

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Act (v. i.) To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we know not why he has acted so..

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Treaty :: Treaty (n.) The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as for forming an agreement; negotiation..
Strike :: Strike (n.) The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer..
Difference :: Difference (n.) The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty?.
Girlish :: Girlish (a.) Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish grief..
Rise :: Rise (n.) The act of rising, or the state of being risen..
Skiving :: Skiving (n.) The act of paring or splitting leather or skins.
Heath :: Heath (n.) A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
Fault-finding :: Fault-finding (n.) The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj.
Culture :: Culture (n.) The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man; as, the culture of the mind..
Entombment :: Entombment (n.) The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial..
Representant :: Representant (a.) Appearing or acting for another; representing.
Result :: Result (v. i.) To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor..
Fracture :: Fracture (n.) The breaking of a bone.
Refringency :: Refringency (n.) The power possessed by a substance to refract a ray; as, different substances have different refringencies..
Boarding :: Boarding (n.) The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards..
Transmeation :: Transmeation (n.) The act of transmeating; a passing through or beyond.
Lively :: Lively (superl.) Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth..
Dactylozooid :: Dactylozooid (n.) A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora..
Gressorious :: Gressorious (a.) Adapted for walking; anisodactylous; as the feet of certain birds and insects. See Illust. under Aves.
Dry :: Dry (superl.) Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit..
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