Definition of action

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Action (n.) Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action..

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Assythment :: Assythment (n.) Indemnification for injury; satisfaction.
Ecbolic :: Ecbolic (n.) A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus..
Glucose :: Glucose (n.) A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also dextrose, grape sugar, diabetic sugar, and starch sugar. See Dextrose..
Hemisystole :: Hemisystole (n.) Contraction of only one ventricle of the heart.
Abaction :: Abaction (n.) Stealing cattle on a large scale.
Pantomime :: Pantomime (a.) Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance..
Interplay :: Interplay (n.) Mutual action or influence; interaction; as, the interplay of affection..
Alive :: Alive (a.) In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections alive..
Benzene :: Benzene (n.) A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is separated by fractional distillation. The name is sometimes applied also to the impure commercial product or benzole, and also, but rarely, to a similar mixed product of petroleum..
Genius :: Genius (n.) The peculiar structure of mind with whoch each individual is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit; special taste, inclination, or disposition; as, a genius for history, for poetry, or painting..
Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.
Consensual :: Consensual (v. i.) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition; as, consensual motions..
Action :: Action (n.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks..
Electro-etching :: Electro-etching (n.) A mode of etching upon metals by electrolytic action.
Assuefaction :: Assuefaction (n.) The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed; habituation..
Improbation :: Improbation (n.) The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an action brought for the purpose of having some instrument declared false or forged.
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.
Breathe :: Breathe (v. i.) To take breath; to rest from action.
War :: War (n.) a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility..
Farsighted :: Farsighted (a.) Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious..
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