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Word Meanings - ACTUAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Involving or comprising action; active. Her walking and other actual performances. Shak. Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. Jer. Taylor. 2. Existing in act or reality;

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1. Involving or comprising action; active. Her walking and other actual performances. Shak. Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. Jer. Taylor. 2. Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, coceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion. 3. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country. Actual cautery. See under Cautery. -- Actual sin , that kind of sin which is done by ourselves in contradistinction to "original sin." Syn. -- Real; genuine; positive; certain. See Real.

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    Straight; direct.
  • DIRECT CURRENT
    A current flowing in one direction only; -- distinguished from alternating current. When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a continuous current. A direct induced current, or momentary current of the same direction as the
  • ASSURER
    1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy.
  • ACCURATENESS
    The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
  • DOGMATIC
    One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.
  • LITERALNESS
    The quality or state of being literal; literal import.
  • DIRECTER
    One who directs; a director. Directer plane , the plane to which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel.
  • CONVINCIBLE
    1. Capable of being convinced or won over. 2. Capable of being confuted and disproved by argument; refutable. Sir T. Browne.
  • INDISPUTABLE
    Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit of dispute. Syn. -- Incontestable; unquestionable; incontrovertible; undeniable; irrefragable; certain; positive; undoubted; sure; infallible. -- In*dis"pu*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*dis"pu*ta*bly,
  • UNMISTAKABLE
    Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident. -- Un`mis*tak"a*bly, adv.
  • REGULARITY
    The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.
  • HONORABLE
    1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
  • ENACTMENT
    1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law. 2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as,
  • EXACTOR
    One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.
  • CORRECTLY
    In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.
  • GRAMMATICAL
    1. Of or pertaining to grammar; of the nature of grammar; as, a grammatical rule. 2. According to the rules of grammar; grammatically correct; as, the sentence is not grammatical; the construction is not grammatical. -- Gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
  • ACTUALIZE
    To make actual; to realize in action. Coleridge.
  • EXACTING
    Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
  • ENACTURE
    Enactment; resolution. Shak.
  • STRICT
    Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters. Syn. -- Exact; accurate; nice; close; rigorous; severe. -- Strict, Severe. Strict, applied to a person, denotes that he conforms in his motives and acts
  • SAFE-CONDUCT
    That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak.
  • BRIGHT
    See I
  • HIGH-SOUNDING
    Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
  • REFIX
    To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller.
  • INSUFFICIENTLY
    In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately.
  • RESOUND
    resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame
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    To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4. Burrill. (more info) 1. To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract. The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted. Arbuthnot. 2. To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to
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    The property or state of being biliteral.
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    Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one.
  • INEXACTLY
    In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.
  • IRREGULARITY
    The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.

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