Act

Definition:

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

Compare act with other words:

act vs. militant

act vs. behavior

act vs. statement

act vs. pretend

act vs. implement

act vs. mathematical

act vs. manipulate

act vs. activist

act vs. wonderwork

act vs. johnsonianism

act vs. foreflow

act vs. besmoke

act vs. decollation

act vs. bookwork

act vs. rescindment

act vs. disappropriation

act vs. condition

act vs. expression

act vs. ordinance

act vs. operate

act vs. activities

act vs. process

act vs. subspecies

act vs. applied

act vs. constitution

act vs. compliance

act vs. movement

act vs. reaction

act vs. charade

act vs. procedure

act vs. demonstrate

act vs. attached

act vs. cathead

act vs. activity

act vs. decumbence

act vs. monarchize

act vs. underact

act vs. compilement

act vs. labefaction

act vs. intellection

act vs. initiatory

act vs. benignity

act vs. overact

act vs. charlatanry

act vs. charlatanism

act vs. incitement

act vs. individualism

act vs. antecedence

act vs. regurgitation

act vs. intermezzo

act vs. scansion

act vs. capitular

act vs. conation

act vs. privation

act vs. liquidation

act vs. misconduct

act vs. stunned

act vs. vulgarity

act vs. attitude

act vs. daughter

act vs. vulpine

act vs. practice

act vs. illustrated

act vs. gaucherie

act vs. scienter

act vs. headliner

act vs. impropriety

act vs. directive

act vs. iniquity

act vs. contravene

act vs. effrontery

act vs. larceny

act vs. robbery

act vs. exorcism

act vs. benevolence

act vs. notation

act vs. scouting

act vs. transcription

act vs. fulfillment

act vs. respond

act vs. truckle

act vs. libation

act vs. arbitration

act vs. interlude

act vs. resolution

act vs. exclusion

act vs. misbehave

act vs. erroneous

act vs. enchantment

act vs. endearment

act vs. irresolute

act vs. vegetative

act vs. liberty

act vs. signature

act vs. restriction

act vs. resistance

act vs. transportation

act vs. routine

act vs. arrangement

act vs. clearing

act vs. conduct

act vs. associate

act vs. conclusion

act vs. mixture

act vs. ingress

act vs. permission

act vs. dribble

act vs. unofficial

act vs. guidance

act vs. beginning

act vs. provide

act vs. babyism

act vs. bavarian

act vs. interpellation

act vs. counteract

act vs. dissociation

act vs. destination

act vs. desecration

act vs. bifurcation

act vs. explanation

act vs. glorious

act vs. autonomy

act vs. circumvention

act vs. evanescence

act vs. confluence

act vs. apprehension

act vs. regulation

act vs. anything

act vs. anticipate

act vs. responsible

act vs. barratry

act vs. circuit

act vs. passage

act vs. localization

act vs. observation

act vs. attorney

act vs. deactivate

act vs. activate

act vs. interact

act vs. actress

act vs. automorphism

act vs. homomorphism

act vs. perform

act vs. pretense

act vs. behaviour

act vs. performer

act vs. performance

act vs. theatrical

act vs. statute

act vs. procrastination

act vs. college

act vs. gesture