Part 140

<h1>Acton</h1> <Xpage=18>

<hw>Ac"ton</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>aketon</ets>, <ets>auqueton</ets>, F. <ets>hoqueton</ets>, a quilted jacket, fr. Sp. <ets>alcoton</ets>, <ets>algodon</ets>, cotton. Cf. <er>Cotton</er>.]</ety> <def>A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.</def> <altsp>[Spelled also <asp>hacqueton</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell. Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Actor</h1> <Xpage=18>

<hw>Ac"tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>actor</ets>, fr. <ets>agere</ets> to act.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.</def>

<blockquote>After a well graced <b>actor</b> leaves the stage. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.</def> <i>Jacobs</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.</def>

<h1>Actress</h1> <Xpage=18>

<hw>Ac`tress</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>actrice</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A female actor or doer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.</def>

<h1>Actual</h1> <Xpage=18>

<hw>Ac"tu*al</hw> <tt>(#; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>actuel</ets>, F. <ets>actuel</ets>, L. <ets>actualis</ets>, fr. <ets>agere</ets> to do, act.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Involving or comprising action; active.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Her walking and other <b>actual</b> performances. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Let your holy and pious intention be <b>actual</b>; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to <i>potential</i>, <i>possible</i>, <i>virtual</i>, <i>speculative</i>, <i>coceivable</i>, <i>theoretical</i>, or <i>nominal</i>; <as>as, the <ex>actual</ex> cost of goods; the <ex>actual</ex> case under discussion.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the <i>actual</i> situation of the country.</def>

<cs><col>Actual cautery</col>. <cd>See under <er>Cautery</er>.</cd> -- <col>Actual sin</col> <fld>(Theol.)</fld>, <cd>that kind of sin which is done by ourselves in contradistinction to "<i>original sin<i>."</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Real; genuine; positive; certain. See <er>Real</er>.</syn>

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<h1>Actual</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ac"tu*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Finance)</fld> <def>Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.</def> <mark></mark>

<blockquote>The accounts of revenues supplied . . . were not real receipts: not, in financial language, "<b>actuals</b>," but only Egyptian budget estimates. <i>Fortnightly Review.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Actualist</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ac"tu*al*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who deals with or considers actually existing facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; -- opposed to <i>idealist</i>.</def>

<i>J. Grote.</i>

<h1>Actuality</h1> <Xpage=19>