See also ACT
to perform a theatrical role
to behave in a certain way
to respond to information
to have an effect on
to map to a group of automorphisms
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Etymology
From Latin ācta (“register of events”), plural of āctum (“decree, law”), from agō (“put in motion”).
Pronunciation
Noun
act (countable and uncountable; plural acts)
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- An act of good will.
- (Can we verify() this sense?) (obsolete, uncountable) A state of existence.
- (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- The process of doing something.
- He was caught in the act.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
- The pivotal moment in the play was in the first scene of the second act.
- (countable) A display of behavior.
Synonyms
Meronyms
- (drama): scene
Holonyms
- (drama): play
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to act (third-person singular simple present acts, present participle acting, simple past and past participle acted)
- (intransitive) To do something.
- If you don't act soon, you will be in trouble.
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- I started acting at the age of eleven in my local theatre.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
- He's acting strangely - I think there's something wrong with him.
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- He acted unconcerned so the others wouldn't worry.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- High-pressure oxygen acts on the central nervous system and may cause convulsions or death.
- Gravitational force acts on heavy bodies.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- He's been acting Shakespearean leads since he was twelve.
- (transitive) To feign.
- He acted the angry parent, but was secretly amused.
- (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of).
- This group acts on the circle, so it can't be left-orderable!
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How did the indian removal act violate the system of checks and balances?
Q. can someone help me with how the indian removal act violated the system of checks and balances? is it because the states didnt want to approve it but Andrew jackson decide to go along with it or something?
Asked by cheerlovexo - Tue Nov 4 17:31:39 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. From a legal standpoint, the United States Constitution empowered Congress to "regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes. In early treaties negotiated between the federal government and the Indian tribes, the latter typically acknowledged themselves to be under the protection of the United States of America, and of no other sovereign whosoever. When Andrew Jackson became president (1829 1837), he decided to build a systematic approach to Indian removal on the basis of these legal precedents. To achieve his purpose, Jackson encouraged Congress to adopt the Removal Act of 1830. The Act established a process whereby the President could grant land west of the Mississippi River to… [cont.]
Answered by mcb930 - Tue Nov 4 18:28:30 2008
Q. can someone help me with how the indian removal act violated the system of checks and balances? is it because the states didnt want to approve it but Andrew jackson decide to go along with it or something?
Asked by cheerlovexo - Tue Nov 4 17:31:39 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. From a legal standpoint, the United States Constitution empowered Congress to "regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes. In early treaties negotiated between the federal government and the Indian tribes, the latter typically acknowledged themselves to be under the protection of the United States of America, and of no other sovereign whosoever. When Andrew Jackson became president (1829 1837), he decided to build a systematic approach to Indian removal on the basis of these legal precedents. To achieve his purpose, Jackson encouraged Congress to adopt the Removal Act of 1830. The Act established a process whereby the President could grant land west of the Mississippi River to… [cont.]
Answered by mcb930 - Tue Nov 4 18:28:30 2008
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