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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Acted; p. pr. & vb. n. Acting. ] [ L. actus, p. p. of agere to drive, lead, do; but influenced by E. act, n. ] 1. To move to action; to actuate; to animate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To perform; to execute; to do. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That we act our temporal affairs with a desire no greater than our necessity. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and facility of acting things expedient for us to do. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Uplifted hands that at convenient times
Could act extortion and the worst of crimes. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To feign or counterfeit; to simulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

With acted fear the villain thus pursued. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

To act a part, to sustain the part of one of the characters in a play; hence, to simulate; to dissemble. --
To act the part of, to take the character of; to fulfill the duties of. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To perform on the stage; to represent a character. [ 1913 Webster ]

To show the world how Garrick did not act. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

To act as or
To act for, to do the work of; to serve as. --
To act on, to regulate one's conduct according to. --
To act up to, to equal in action; to fulfill in practice; as, he has acted up to his engagement or his advantages. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being acted. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 baneberry.
Syn. -- genus Actaea [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a growth hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; stimulates the adrenal cortex.
Syn. -- adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotrophin, corticotropin, corticotrophin [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 luna moths.
Syn. -- genus Actias [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray. ] (Zool.) Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains the mouth. L. Agassiz. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray. ] (Zool.) An order of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not. [ 1913 Webster ]