Webster's Dictionary 1913

1162

Actionary

{ Ac″tion‐a‐ry (�), Ac″tion‐ist (�), } n. [Cf. F. actionnaire.] (Com.) A shareholder in joint-stock company.

1163

Actionless

Ac″tion‐less, a. Void of action.

1164

Activate

Ac″ti‐vate (�), v. t. To make active.

1165

Active

Ac″tive (�), a. [F. actif, L. activus, fr. agere to act.] 1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; — opposed to passive,...

1166

Actively

Ac″tive‐ly, adv. 1. In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively.2. (Gram.) In an active signification; as, a word ...

1167

Activeness

Ac″tive‐ness, n. The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.

1168

Activity

Ac‐tiv″i‐ty (�), n.; pl.Activities (�). [Cf. F. activité, LL. activitas.] The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active...

1169

Actless

Act″less (�), a. Without action or spirit.

1170

Acton

Ac″ton (�), n. [OF. aketon, auqueton, F. hoqueton, a quilted jacket, fr. Sp. alcoton, algodon, cotton. Cf. Cotton.] A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket pla...

1171

Actor

Ac″tor (�), n. [L. actor, fr. agere to act.] 1. One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.2. A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.After a well graced actor leaves the s...

1172

Actress

Ac′tress (�), n. [Cf. F. actrice.] 1. A female actor or doer. Cockeram.2. A female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.

1173

Actual

Ac″tu‐al (#; 135), a. [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L. actualis, fr. agere to do, act.] 1. Involving or comprising action; active.Her walking and other actual performances.Shak.Let yo...

1174

Actual (2)

Ac″tu‐al (�), n.(Finance) Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.The accounts of revenues supplied... were not real receipts: not, in financial ...

1175

Actualist

Ac″tu‐al‐ist, n. One who deals with or considers actually existing facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; — opposed to idealist. J. Grote.

1176

Actuality

Ac′tu‐al″i‐ty (�), n.; pl.Actualities (�). The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature. South.

1177

Actualization

Ac′tu‐al‐i‐za″tion (�), n. A making actual or really existent. Emerson.

1178

Actualize

Ac″tu‐al‐ize (�), v. t. To make actual; to realize in action. Coleridge.

1179

Actually

Ac″tu‐al‐ly, adv. 1. Actively. “Neither actually... nor passively.” Fuller.2. In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.

1180

Actualness

Ac″tu‐al‐ness, n. Quality of being actual; actuality.

1181

Actuarial

Ac′tu‐a″ri‐al (�), a. Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity.

1182

Actuary

Ac″tu‐a‐ry (�), n.; pl.Actuaries (�). [L. actuarius copyist, clerk, fr. actus, p. p. of agere to do, act.] 1. (Law) A registrar or clerk; — used originally in courts of civil la...

1183

Actuate

Ac″tu‐ate (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Actuated (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Actuating (�).] [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare, fr. L. actus act.] 1. To put into action or motion; to move or in...

1184

Actuate (2)

Ac″tu‐ate (�), a. [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare.] Put in action; actuated. South.

1185

Actuation

Ac′tu‐a″tion (�), n. [Cf. LL. actuatio.] A bringing into action; movement. Bp. Pearson.

1186

Actuator

Ac″tu‐a′tor (�), n. One who actuates, or puts into action. Melville.

1187

Actuose

Ac″tu‐ose′ (�), a. [L. actuosus.] Very active.

1188

Actuosity

Ac′tu‐os″i‐ty (�), n. Abundant activity. Dr. H. More.