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verb

Act v. i.

To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food.

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. "He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest."

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.

To perform on the stage; to represent a character. "To show the world how Garrick did not act."

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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... course repeated to Ramda, who merely laughed. As far as he was concerned Nagendra might act as ...

— Tales of Bengal • S. B. Banerjea

... thought an audacious and unprecedented action, and our not bringing him home with us is reckoned worse; but the reader will find that necessity absolutely compelled us to act as we did, and that we had sufficient reasons ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 • Robert Kerr

... is of considerable antiquity, is available for two, three, four, or more persons, but is usually played by four, when two of the players act as partners against the other two. It is, however, equally available for four players acting independently, in which case each scores his individual points, whereas in the partnership game, as with only two players, the lesser number of points is taken from the greater, and the difference only is ...

— Round Games with Cards • W. H. Peel

... and the London press animadverted on our conduct. It became a positive scandal. We were advised, I remember, to wash our dirty linen at home, and though I have often wondered why the press should act as a voluntary laundress on such occasions, I suppose the remark is a ...

— Masques & Phases • Robert Ross

... offered, he had managed to support himself "after a manner," as the village people said. That is to say, he generally got enough to eat, and some clothes to wear. He slept in a warehouse shed, the owner having given him leave to do so on condition that he would act as a sort of watchman on ...

— Our Boys - Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors • Various

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