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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Act \Act\, 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.] Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul. --Pope. 2. To perform; to execute; to do [Archaic] That we act our temporal affairs with a desire no greater than our necessity. --Jer. Taylor. Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and facility of acting things expedient for us to do --Barrow. Uplifted hands that at convenient times Could act extortion and the worst of crimes. --Cowper. 3. To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage. 4. To assume the office or character of to play; to personate; as to act the hero. 5. To feign or counterfeit; to simulate. With acted fear the villain thus pursued. --Dryden. {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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Acting \Act"ing\, a. 1. Operating in any way 2. Doing duty for another; officiating; as an acting superintendent. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: acting adj : serving temporarily especially as a substitute; "the acting president" [syn: {acting(a)}] n : the performance of a part or role in a drama [syn: {playing}, {playacting}, {performing}]
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