Part 80

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 language, "actuals," but only Egyptian budget estimates. Fortnightly Review.

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.

Ac`tu*al"i*ty (&?;), n.; pl. Actualities (&?;). The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature. South.

Ac`tu*al*i*za"tion (&?;), n. A making actual or really existent. [R.] Emerson.

Ac"tu*al*ize (&?;), v. t. To make actual; to realize in action. [R.] Coleridge.

Ac"tu*al*ly, adv. 1. Actively. [Obs.] "Neither actually . . . nor passively." Fuller.

2. In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.

Ac"tu*al*ness, n. Quality of being actual; actuality.

Ac`tu*a"ri*al (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity.

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 law jurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk or registrar generally.

2. The computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances.

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 incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.

Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion. Johnson.

Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it. Addison.

2. To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] "To actuate what you command." Jer. Taylor.

Syn. -- To move; impel; incite; rouse; instigate; animate.

Ac"tu*ate (&?;), a. [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare.] Put in action; actuated. [Obs.] South.

Ac`tu*a"tion (&?;), n. [Cf. LL. actuatio.] A bringing into action; movement. Bp. Pearson.

Ac"tu*a`tor (&?;), n. One who actuates, or puts into action. [R.] Melville.

Ac"tu*ose` (&?;), a. [L. actuosus.] Very active. [Obs.]

Ac`tu*os"i*ty (&?;), n. Abundant activity. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Ac"ture (&?;), n. Action. [Obs.] Shak.

Ac*tu"ri*ence (&?;), n. [A desid. of L. agere, actum, to act.] Tendency or impulse to act. [R.]

Acturience, or desire of action, in one form or another, whether as restlessness, ennui, dissatisfaction, or the imagination of something desirable. J. Grote.

Ac"u*ate (&?;), v. t. [L. acus needle.] To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken. [Obs.] " acuate the blood." Harvey.

Ac"u*ate (&?;), a. Sharpened; sharp- pointed.

Ac`u*a"tion (&?;), n. Act of sharpening. [R.]