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(1) - Act (v. t.) To perform; to execute; to do. (2) - Act (n.) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress. (3) - Act (n.) A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done. (4) - Act (n.) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed. (5) - Act (n.) A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student. (6) - Act (n.) A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence. (7) - Act (n.) That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed. (8) - Act (v. t.) To move to action; to actuate; to animate. (9) - Act (v. i.) To perform on the stage; to represent a character. (10) - Act (v. t.) To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage. (11) - Act (v. t.) To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero. (12) - Act (v. t.) To feign or counterfeit; to simulate. (13) - Act (v. i.) To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food. (14) - Act (v. i.) To perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will. (15) - 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. (16) - Act (n.) Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing). |