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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. ²
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. ²
n. - A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done. ²
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. ²
n. - A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student. ²
n. - A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence. ²
n. - Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing). ²
v. t. - To move to action; to actuate; to animate. ²
v. t. - To perform; to execute; to do. ²
v. t. - To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage. ²
v. t. - To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero. ²
v. t. - To feign or counterfeit; to simulate. ²
v. i. - To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food. ²
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. ²
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. ²
v. i. - To perform on the stage; to represent a character. ²

The word "act" uses 3 letters: A C T.

Direct anagrams of act:
  cat

Words formed by adding one letter before or after act (in bold), or to act in any order:
a -   acta   e -   cate   tace   f -   fact   h -   chat   tach   k -   tack   l -   talc   n -   cant   o -   coat   taco   p -   pact   r -   cart   s -   acts   cast   cats   scat   t -   tact  

Shorter words found within act:
at   ta  

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