| • | That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student. |
| • | A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence. |
| • | Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing). |
| • | To move to action; to actuate; to animate. |
| • | To perform; to execute; to do. |
| • | To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage. |
| • | To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero. |
| • | To feign or counterfeit; to simulate. |
| • | To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To perform on the stage; to represent a character. |
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