Definition of action

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Action (n.) Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun..

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Rencounter :: Rencounter (n.) A meeting of two persons or bodies; a collision; especially, a meeting in opposition or contest; a combat, action, or engagement..
Retractive :: Retractive (a.) Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
Platen :: Platen (n.) The movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool; -- also called table..
Suscitation :: Suscitate (v. t.) To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action.
Reiterative :: Reiterative (n.) A word expressing repeated or reiterated action.
Draught :: Draught (n.) Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw; traction.
Actual :: Actual (a.) Involving or comprising action; active.
Deed :: Deed (v. t.) That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small..
Resent :: Resent (v. t.) In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction..
Palinode :: Palinode (n.) A retraction; esp., a formal retraction..
Reactionaries :: Reactionaries (pl. ) of Reactionar.
Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate..
Forelock :: Forelock (n.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun..
Precisive :: Precisive (a.) Cutting off; (Logic) exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relative to the purpose; as, precisive censure; precisive abstraction..
Factionist :: Factionist (n.) One who promotes faction.
Rule :: Rule (a.) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit..
Subtraction :: Subtraction (n.) The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.
Blotter :: Blotter (n.) A wastebook, in which entries of transactions are made as they take place..
Factious :: Factious (a.) Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels..
Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (v. t.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction..
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