Definition of acting

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

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Infuse :: Infuse (v. t.) To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak..
Inductrical :: Inductrical (a.) Acting by, or in a state of, induction; relating to electrical induction..
Contrahent :: Contrahent (a.) Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties..
Veneficious :: Veneficious (a.) Acting by poison; used in poisoning or in sorcery.
Acute :: Acute (a.) Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure..
Representative :: Representative (a.) Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people..
Organific :: Organific (a.) Making an organic or organized structure; producing an organism; acting through, or resulting from, organs..
Commission :: Commission (n.) The acting under authority of, or on account of, another..
Dog :: Dog (n.) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity..
Reading :: Reading (n.) Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering..
Hydraulic :: Hydraulic (a.) Of or pertaining to hydraulics, or to fluids in motion; conveying, or acting by, water; as, an hydraulic clock, crane, or dock..
Instinctive :: Instinctive (a.) Of or pertaining to instinct; derived from, or prompted by, instinct; of the nature of instinct; determined by natural impulse or propensity; acting or produced without reasoning, deliberation, instruction, or experience; spontaneous..
Antiphlogistic :: Antiphlogistic (a.) Counteracting inflammation.
Exacting :: Exacting (a.) Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe.
Float :: Float (v. i.) The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler..
Mother :: Mother (a.) Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating..
Self-acting :: Self-acting (a.) Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press..
Sembling :: Sembling (n.) The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage.
Contractive :: Contractive (a.) Tending to contract; having the property or power or power of contracting.
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