Definition of acting

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Acting (a.) Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting superintendent..

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Histrionism :: Histrionism (n.) Theatrical representation; acting; affectation.
Corporately :: Corporately (adv.) In a corporate capacity; acting as a corporate body.
Antiseptical :: Antiseptical (a.) Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive..
Pressing :: Pressing (a.) Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity..
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar..
Alexipharmical :: Alexipharmical (a.) Expelling or counteracting poison; antidotal.
Tiebeam :: Tiebeam (n.) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof..
Constitution :: Constitution (n.) The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation..
Garish :: Garish (a.) Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention.
Infracting :: Infracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infrac.
Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another..
Alloxantin :: Alloxantin (n.) A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.
Divulsive :: Divulsive (a.) Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting..
Deliberative :: Deliberative (a.) Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body..
Intropression :: Intropression (n.) Pressure acting within.
Symplectic :: Sympiesometer (n.) A sensitive kind of barometer, in which the pressure of the atmosphere, acting upon a liquid, as oil, in the lower portion of the instrument, compresses an elastic gas in the upper part..
Agency :: Agency (n.) The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.
Epispastic :: Epispastic (a.) Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.
Screw :: Screw (v. i.) To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.
Thiophene :: Thiophene (n.) A sulphur hydrocarbon, C4H4S, analogous to furfuran and benzene, and acting as the base of a large number of substances which closely resemble the corresponding aromatic derivatives..
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