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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Act \Act\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Acting.] [L. actus, p. p. of agere to drive, lead, do; but
     influenced by E. act, n.]
     1. To move to action; to actuate; to animate. [Obs.]
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              Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul.
                                                    --Pope.
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     2. To perform; to execute; to do. [Archaic]
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              That we act our temporal affairs with a desire no
              greater than our necessity.           --Jer. Taylor.
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              Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and
              facility of acting things expedient for us to do.
                                                    --Barrow.
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              Uplifted hands that at convenient times
              Could act extortion and the worst of crimes.
                                                    --Cowper.
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     3. To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the
        stage.
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     4. To assume the office or character of; to play; to
        personate; as, to act the hero.
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     5. To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
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              With acted fear the villain thus pursued. --Dryden.
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     To act a part, to sustain the part of one of the characters
        in a play; hence, to simulate; to dissemble.
  
     To act the part of, to take the character of; to fulfill
        the duties of.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Act \Act\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Acting.] [L. actus, p. p. of agere to drive, lead, do; but
     influenced by E. act, n.]
     1. To move to action; to actuate; to animate. [Obs.]
  
              Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul.
                                                    --Pope.
  
     2. To perform; to execute; to do. [Archaic]
  
              That we act our temporal affairs with a desire no
              greater than our necessity.           --Jer. Taylor.
  
              Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and
              facility of acting things expedient for us to do.
                                                    --Barrow.
  
              Uplifted hands that at convenient times Could act
              extortion and the worst of crimes.    --Cowper.
  
     3. To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the
        stage.
  
     4. To assume the office or character of; to play; to
        personate; as, to act the hero.
  
     5. To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
  
              With acted fear the villain thus pursued. --Dryden.
  
     To act a part, to sustain the part of one of the characters
        in a play; hence, to simulate; to dissemble.
  
     To act the part of, to take the character of; to fulfill
        the duties of.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  acted
     vb.
     (infl of en act  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  acted
     vb.
     (infl of en act  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  acted
     vb.
     (infl of en act  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  acted
     vb.
     (infl of en act  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  acted
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm a ct ed)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  acted
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en act ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb act)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Acted /ˈaktɪd/
  عمل

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  acted /ˈaktɪd/ 
  jednal