Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ACTIVITY

ACTIV'ITY, noun The quality of being active; the active faculty; nimbleness; agility; also the habit of diligent and vigorous pursuit of business; as, a man of activity It is ap...

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ACTOR

ACT'OR, noun1. He that acts or performs; an active agent.2. He that represents a character or acts a part in a play; a stage player.3. Among civilians, an advocate or proctor in...

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ACTRESS

ACT'RESS, noun A female who acts or performs, and especially, on the stage, or in a play.

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ACTUAL

ACT'UAL, adjective1. Real or effective, or that exists truly and absolutely; as, actual heat, opposed to that, which is virtual or potential; actual cautery, or the burning by a...

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ACTUALITY

ACTUAL'ITY, noun Reality.

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ACTUALLY

ACT'UALLY, adverb In fact; really; in truth.

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ACTUARY

ACT'UARY, noun [Latin actuarius.]A register or clerk; a term of the civil law, and used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction; but in Europe used for a clerk or registe...

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ACTUATE

ACT'UATE, adjective Put in action. [Little used.]ACT'UATE, verb transitive [from act.]To put into action; to move or incite to action; as, men are actuated by motives, or passio...

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ACTUATED

ACT'UATED, participle passive Put in action; incited to action.

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ACTUATING

ACT'UATING, participle present tense Putting in action; inciting to action.

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ACTUATION

ACTUA'TION, noun The state of being put in action; effectual operation.

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ACTUS

ACT'US, noun Among the Romans, a measure in building equal to 120 Roman feet. In agriculture, the length of one furrow.

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ACUATE

AC'UATE, verb transitive [Latin acuo, to sharpen. See Acid.]To sharpen; to make pungent, or corrosive. [Little used.]

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ACUBENE

ACUBE'NE, noun A star of the fourth magnitude in the southern claw of Cancer.

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ACUITION

ACUI'TION, noun [from Latin acuo, to sharpen.]The sharpening of medicines to increase their effect.

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ACULEATE

ACU'LEATE, adjective [Latin aculeus, from acus, Gr. a point, and the diminutive. See Acid.]1. In botany, having prickles, or sharp points; pointed; used chiefly to denote prickl...

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ACULEI

ACU'LEI, noun [Latin] In botany and zoology, prickles or spines.

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ACULON

AC'ULON, or AC'ULOS, noun [Gr. probably from ac, an oak.]

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ACULOS

AC'ULON, or AC'ULOS, noun [Gr. probably from ac, an oak.]The fruit or acorn of the ilex, or scarlet oak.

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ACUMEN

ACU'MEN, noun [Latin acumen from acus or acuo.]A sharp point; and figuratively, quickness of perception, the faculty of nice discrimination.

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ACUMINATE

ACU'MINATE, adjective [Latin acuminatus, from acumen.]Ending in a sharp point; pointed.

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ACUMINATED

ACU'MINATED, adjective Sharpened to a point.

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ACUMINATION

ACUMINA'TION, noun A sharpening; termination in a sharp point.

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ACUPUNCTURE

ACUPUNC'TURE, noun [Latin acus, needle, and punctura, or punctus, a pricking.]Among the Chinese, a surgical operation, performed by pricking the part affected with a needle, as ...

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ACUS

A'CUS, noun [Latin]1. The needle-fish, or gar-fish.2. The ammodyte or sand eel.3. The oblong cimex.

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ACUTE

ACU'TE, adjective [Latin acutus, sharp-pointed; Heb.]1. Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; opposed to blunt or obtuse. An acute angle in geometry, is one which is less t...

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ACUTELY

ACU'TELY, adverb Sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.