Part 142

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Actuation</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ac`tu*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>actuatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A bringing into action; movement.</def>

<i>Bp. Pearson.</i>

<h1>Actuator</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ac"tu*a`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who actuates, or puts into action.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Melville.</i>

<h1>Actuose</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ac"tu*ose`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>actuosus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Very active.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Actuosity</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ac`tu*os"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Abundant activity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Acture</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ac"ture</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Action.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Acturience</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ac*tu"ri*ence</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A desid. of L. <ets>agere</ets>, <ets>actum</ets>, to act.]</ety> <def>Tendency or impulse to act.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Acturience</b>, or desire of action, in one form or another, whether as restlessness, ennui, dissatisfaction, or the imagination of something desirable. <i>J. Grote.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Acuate</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ac"u*ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acus</ets> needle.]</ety> <def>To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> " <i>acuate</i> the blood."

<i>Harvey.</i>

<h1>Acuate</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ac"u*ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Sharpened; sharp-pointed.</def>

<h1>Acuation</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ac`u*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of sharpening.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Acuition</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ac`u*i"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acutus</ets>, as if <ets>acuitus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>acuere</ets> to sharpen.]</ety> <def>The act of sharpening.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Acuity</h1> <Xpage=19>