The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.
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The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.
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The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.
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The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.
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Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the beh…
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(psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation
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The doctrine of Leibnitz, that all substance involves force.
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The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.
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The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust.…
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The act of forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels.
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To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums.
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The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated.
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The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.
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To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.
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The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival.
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The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.
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A stroke; a touch.
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Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain acti…
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Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain acti…
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Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain acti…
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Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain acti…
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Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.
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Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.
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A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…
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The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…
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