act

1. 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. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. n. A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done. Source: opted

4. 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. Source: opted

5. n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student. Source: opted

6. n. A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence. Source: opted

7. n. Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing). Source: opted

8. v. t. To move to action; to actuate; to animate. Source: opted

9. v. t. To perform; to execute; to do. Source: opted

10. v. t. To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage. Source: opted

11. v. t. To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero. Source: opted

12. v. t. To feign or counterfeit; to simulate. Source: opted

13. v. i. To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food. Source: opted

14. 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. Source: opted

15. 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. Source: opted

16. v. i. To perform on the stage; to represent a character. Source: opted

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