English Dictionary

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
Source : opted (1781)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (1782)  - auto

A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done.
Source : opted (1783)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (1784)  - auto

A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
Source : opted (1785)  - auto

A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence.
Source : opted (1786)  - auto

Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing).
Source : opted (1787)  - auto

To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
Source : opted (1790)  - auto

To perform; to execute; to do.
Source : opted (1791)  - auto

To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.
Source : opted (1792)  - auto