Definition of Act

ACT
1. <software> Annual Change Traffic.
2.  Ada Core Technologies.
(1999-06-24)

ACT++
<language> A concurrent extension of C++ based on actors.
["ACT++: Building a Concurrent C++ With Actors", D.G. Kafura TR89-18, VPI, 1989].
(1994-11-08)

ACT
Microsoft Office Actor Program File
FoxPro Documenting Wizard Action Diagram
Photoshop Color Table
Action! Presentation
DataWave Physiological Data File

ACT
Application Compatibility Toolkit

ACT
Allied Command Transformation
  

ACT
activity; Allied Command Transformation
  

ACT
Allied Command Transformation

ACT
Allied Command Transformation Former SCLANT

ACT
Action; Action Taken; Actual Instrument Time

Act
(v. t.)
To perform; to execute; to do.
  
(v. t.)
To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.
  
(v. t.)
To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
  
(v. t.)
To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
  
(v. t.)
To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero.
  
(v. i.)
To perform on the stage; to represent a character.
  
(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 exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food.
  
(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.
  
(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.)
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.)
Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing).
  
(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.)
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 formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done.
  

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Noun
1. a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
(synonym) enactment
(hypernym) legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
(hyponym) decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. something that people do or cause to happen
(synonym) human action, human activity
(hyponym) action
(derivation) motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite
3. a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
(hypernym) dramatic composition, dramatic work
(part-holonym) play, drama, dramatic play
(part-meronym) scene
4. a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did"
(synonym) routine, number, turn, bit
(hypernym) performance, public presentation
(hyponym) show-stopper, showstopper, stopper
5. a manifestation of insincerity; "he put on quite an act for her benefit"
(hypernym) expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion
(derivation) dissemble, pretend

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Verb
1. perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
(synonym) move
(antonym) refrain, forbear
(hyponym) alternate, take turns
(see-also) pursue, follow up on, act on
(derivation) action, activity, activeness
2. behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
(synonym) behave, do
(hyponym) act involuntarily, act reflexively
(see-also) act up
(verb-group) play, act as
3. play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"
(synonym) play, represent
(hypernym) re-create
(hyponym) make, pretend, make believe
(verb-group) play, act as
(derivation) actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player
(classification) performing arts
4. discharge one's duties; "She acts as the chair"; "In what capacity are you acting?"
(hypernym) serve
(hyponym) criticize, criticise
(derivation) actor, doer, worker
5. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"
(synonym) play, act as
(hypernym) behave, do
(verb-group) behave, do
6. be suitable for theatrical performance; "This scene acts well"
(hypernym) be
(verb-group) play, roleplay, playact
(derivation) routine, number, turn, bit
7. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"
(synonym) work
(hypernym) succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
(verb-group) bring, work, play, wreak, make for
8. be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
(hyponym) play
(derivation) action, activity, activeness
9. behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
(synonym) dissemble, pretend
(hyponym) simulate, assume, sham, feign
(verb-group) behave, do
10. perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"
(synonym) play, roleplay, playact
(hypernym) perform
(hyponym) stooge
(verb-group) play
(derivation) actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player
(classification) dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre

Act of God
Meaning
An act which are outside human control.
Origin
Originated in legal or insurance circles to denote acts which aren't the responsibility of any individual and therefore uninsurable.
ref: Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 15th edition

Read the riot act
Meaning
Warn roudy characters to stop behaving badly.
Origin
In English law the control of unruly citizens was the responsibility of local magistrates. If more than twelve people didn't disperse after the Riot Act was read to them the magistrate could order their arrest. No longer applies in law as the 1715 Riot Act was superseded by the 1986 Public Order Act.

Act
pretending to be something you're not

Mary Pickford in three acts
quick wash; perfunctory wash of the face, hands and crotch (Mary Pickford was an early US film actress)

Put on a dingo act
act in a cowardly way

Straight-acting
(of a homosexual) not openly gay or lesbian

act
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act
1. Australian slang for pretending to be something you are not
2. a fit of temper; a tantrum

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act
\act\ (ăkt), n. [l. actus, fr. agere to drive, do: cf. f. acte. see agent.]
1. that which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed. that best portion of a good man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. hence, in specific uses: (a) 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. (b) a formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done. (c) 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. (d) a thesis maintained in public, in some english universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
2. a state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence. [obs.] the seeds of plants are not at first in act, but in possibility, what they afterward grow to be.
3. process of doing; action. in act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing). "in act to shoot." this woman was taken in the very act. 4.
act
of attainder. (law) see attainder.
act
of bankruptcy (law), an act of a debtor which renders him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt.
act
of faith. (ch. hist.) see auto-da-fé.
act
of god (law), an inevitable accident; such extraordinary interruption of the usual course of events as is not to be looked for in advance, and against which ordinary prudence could not guard.
act
of grace, an expression often used to designate an act declaring pardon or amnesty to numerous offenders, as at the beginning of a new reign.
act
of indemnity, a statute passed for the protection of those who have committed some illegal act subjecting them to penalties.
act
in pais, a thing done out of court (anciently, in the country), and not a matter of record.

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 act of insolvency 
 ripper act 
 act of grace 
 test act 
 sex act 
 act of god 
 chinese exclusion act 
 declaratory act 
 act of settlement 
 act on 
 to take an act thing amiss 
 legislative act 
 private act 
 act of indemnity 
 to act on the offensive 
 black act 
 act of union 
 racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act 
 mutiny act 
 act of uniformity 
 to act a part 
 act up 
 rico act 
 to act on 
 to act the part of 
 act in pais 
 yazoo frauds act 
 to act up to 
 act as 
 public act 
 act out 
 act of faith 
 to act as 
 stamp act 
 act of bankruptcy 
 workmen`s compensation act 
 act superior 
 riot act 
 act of attainder 
 to act possum 

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Adgasu
Adgasu = v. to act disagreeable

Ailachosi
Ailachosi = v. act as second cause

Anwadalu
Anwadalu = v. to act inconstantly

Attalmu
Attalmu = v. to act upon again

Chwefru
Chwefru = v. to act violently

Chwythedd
Chwythedd = n. act of blowing

Crefyddu
Crefyddu = v. to act religiously

Cybyddu
Cybyddu = v. to act miserly

Cymwynasu
Cymwynasu = v. to act kindly

Darfradu
Darfradu = v. to act treachery

Deriaw
Deriaw = v. to act frowardly

Dichlynu
Dichlynu = v. to act assiduously

Ehofni
Ehofni = v. to act daring

Eiste
Eiste = n. the act of sitting

Erlyniaeth
Erlyniaeth = n. the act of pursuing

Esing
Esing = n. act of bursting out

Etholedigaeth
Etholedigaeth = n. the act of electing, selection

Ffaith
Ffaith = n. a fact; an act

Ffelu
Ffelu = v. to act subtilely

Ffoawd
Ffoawd = n. the act of retreating

Ffrwyso
Ffrwyso = v. to act violently

Gadawedigaeth
Gadawedigaeth = n. act of leaving

Gobrwyaeth
Gobrwyaeth = n. act of feeling

Gobrwyedigaeth
Gobrwyedigaeth = n. remuneration, the act of hiring

Godroad
Godroad = n. act of milking

Gohorian
Gohorian = v. to act sluggishly

Goleuedigaeth
Goleuedigaeth = n. the act of enlightening

Gorchymynedigaeth
Gorchymynedigaeth = n. the act of commanding

Gorug
Gorug = v. did, did perform, did act; he did, he made. Imperfect tense of

Gothi
Gothi = v. to scorn; to be proud, to act proudly

Gwageddu
Gwageddu = v. to act vainly

Gwagelu
Gwagelu = v. to act cautiously

Gwaith
Gwaith = n. act, action; work; n. course, turn, time, ad. because, that,

Gwarcheidwadu
Gwarcheidwadu = v. to act as a trustee

Gweithred
Gweithred = n. action, act

Gwesteiaeth
Gwesteiaeth = n. act of visiting

Gwrymiad
Gwrymiad = n. the act of making a seam

Gwynafu
Gwynafu = v. to act frowardly

Gwynddasu
Gwynddasu = v. to act peevishly

Gwystledigaeth
Gwystledigaeth = the act of pledging

Gyrddu
Gyrddu = v. to act vehemently

Gystwng
Gystwng = n. act of lowering

Hediant
Hediant = n. the act of flying

Iachaedigaeth
Iachaedigaeth = the act of healing

Iawl
Iawl = n. the act of glorifying

Iolch
Iolch = n. an act of devotion

Lladrataeth
Lladrataeth = n. act of thieving

Llafas
Llafas = n. the act of daring

Llawaeth
Llawaeth = n. act of handing

Llettyaeth
Llettyaeth = n. act of lodging

Llongsaerniaeth
Llongsaerniaeth = n. the act of ship-building

Llywiedu
Llywiedu = v. to act as director

Mag
Mag = n. act of nursing, nurture

Maldodi
Maldodi = v. to dally, to fondle, to act with levity

Mechniaethu
Mechniaethu = v. to act as bail

Mediad
Mediad = n. the act of reaping

Newidiant
Newidiant = n. act of changing

Ofera
Ofera = v. to waste; to act idly

Offeiriannu
Offeiriannu = v. to act as agent

Pasgiad
Pasgiad = n. the act of fattening

Pechod
Pechod = n. sin, an evil act

Penaethu
Penaethu = v. to act as a chief

Porthianna
Porthianna = v. to provide; to act as a drover

Porthmona
Porthmona = v. to act as a drover

Porthori
Porthori = v. to act as porter

Rhieddu
Rhieddu = v. to act as a chief

Safaeth
Safaeth = n. the act of standing

Sangedigaeth
Sangedigaeth = n. act of treading

Soddedigaeth
Soddedigaeth = n. act of sinking

Tafledigaeth
Tafledigaeth = n. act of throwing

Telawd
Telawd = n. the act of stretching

Tisiad
Tisiad = n. act of sneezing

Trafodaeth
Trafodaeth = n. act of stirring, a bustling, an intermeddling, a transaction

Trenu
Trenu = v. to act rapidly

Trew
Trew = n. the act of sneering

Trwyadlu
Trwyadlu = v. to act alertly

Tynelliad
Tynelliad = n. the act of filling, a tun

Udganiad
Udganiad = n. the act of sounding a trumpet

Ymgyndynu
Ymgyndynu = v. to act with mutual stubbornness

Ystigo
Ystigo = v. to act strenuously

ACT
In the legal sense, this word may be used to signify the result of a public deliberation, the decision of a prince, of a legislative body, of a council, court of justice, or a magistrate. Also, a decree, edict, law, judgment, resolve, award, determination. Also, an instrument in writing to verify facts, as act of assembly, act of congress, act of parliament, act and deed. Acts are civil or criminal, lawful or unlawful, public or private.

Public acts, usually denominated authentic, are those which have a public authority, and which have been made before public officers, are authorized by a public seal, have been made public by the authority of a magistrate, or which have been extracted and been properly authenticated from public records.

Acts under private signature are those which have been made by private individuals, under their hands. An act of this kind does not acquire the force of an authentic act, by being registered in the office of a notary unless it has been properly acknowledged before the officer, by the parties to it.

Private acts are those made by private persons, as registers in relation to their receipts and expenditures, schedules, acquittances, and the like.

Civil Law, Contracts. A writing which states in a legal form that a thing has been said, done, or agreed. In Latin, Instrumentum.

Evidence. The act of one of several conspirators, performed in pursuance of the common design, is evidence against all of them. An overt act of treason must be proved by two witnesses.

The terra. acts, includes written correspondence, and other papers relative to the design of the parties, but whether it includes unpublished writings upon abstract questions, though of a kindred nature, has been doubted.

In cases of partnership it is a rule that the act or declaration of either partner, in furtherance of the common object of the association, is the act of all.

And the acts of an agent, in pursuance of his authority, will be binding on his principal.

Legislation. A statute or law made by a legislative body; as an act of congress is a law by the congress of the United States; an act of assembly is a law made by a legislative assembly. If an act of assembly expire or be repealed while a proceeding under it is in fieri or pending, the proceeding becomes abortive; as a prosecution for an offence.

Acts are general or special; public or private. A general or public act is a universal rule which binds the whole community; of which the courts are bound to take notice ex officio.

Explanatory acts should not be enlarged by equity although such acts may be allowed to have a retrospective operation.

Private or special acts are rather exceptions, than rules; being those which operate only upon particular persons and private concerns; of these the courts are not bound to take notice, unless they are pleaded.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

Act
A bill which has passed through the various legislative steps required for it and which has become law - (read more on Act)
  

Act
Law, as an act of parliament 

Act
A bill which has passed through the various legislative steps and, hence, has become law.

Act.
abb. N
Acts (abbreviation); [Acta Apostolorum => Acts| book of the Bible]

act
factum, facio

act
verb
to do something, to have the effect of; the connecting tissue acts as a supporting framework; he had to act quickly to save his sister

ACT
activated clotting time

Show (act¸ perform¸ play¸ performance)
Both 'A' hands, palms out, are held at shoulder height and rotate alternately toward the head.

ACT
automatic custody transfer, more commonly called LACT, lease automatic custody transfer.

ACTM
ACT Manufacturing, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Provides value-added, turnkey contract manufacturing services including advanced manufacturing and test engineering, materials management, and manufacturing of electronic assemblies such as complex printed circuit board assemblies.

ACTT
ACT Teleconferencing, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Provides and markets a broad range of high quality audio, data and video teleconferencing services; And assembles and distributes data teleconferencing software and various teleconferencing systems and products.

ACT^
Allegiant Bancorp, Inc.
Exchange: AMEX
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ACT
Audiographic Teleconference Terminal

ACT
Active Control Technology

ACT
Active: Opposite of inactive or passive, e.g. active clearance control.

ACT
Air Charge Temperature sensor

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ACT
Alarm Collection Terminal

ACT
Air Charge Temperature.

ACT
Action

The Immature Spirits Act
Act of 1915, that imposes the obligatory rule of 3 years minimum, the aging of the Scotch whisky.

The Wash Act
Act of 1784 that divided the Lowlands and the Highlands in Scotland.
The dividing line running between Greenock on the Firth of Clyde in the west and Dundee on the Firth of Tay in the east.

Whisky
* Alcoholic beverage (40 to 58 % vol. alcohol), resulted of the distillate made from the elements of cereals, water and yeast (all natural elements) and matured, after the distillation in oakwood barrels
* There are several types of whisky: from barley, rye, wheat, corn, or other grains
* The terms "whisky" derive from Gaelic meaning "Water of Life"

Act (v., in a play, etc.)
per-tor

act
v. vang

act in the manner of
v. Da

act without plan
v. Degh (slang)

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