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Act

King James Dictionary

ACT, Gr., Lat. to urge, drive, lead, bring, do, perform, or in general to move, to exert force.

1. To exert power as, the stomach acts upon food the will acts upon the body in producing motion.
2. To be in action or motion to move

He hangs between in doubt to act or rest.

3. To behave, demean, or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices as, we know not why a minister has acted in this manner. But in this sense, it is most frequent in popular language as, how the man acts or has acted.

To act up to, is to equal in action to fulfil or perform a correspondent action as he has acted up to his engagement or his advantages.

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Entry for 'Act'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​a/act.html.