That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners
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pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Parliament and legislatures.Proof; evidence.
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Parliament and legislatures.The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of infe…
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Parliament and legislatures.A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Parliament and legislatures.A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Parliament and legislatures.The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Parliament and legislatures.One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or…
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Parliament and legislatures.To engage in combat for; to strive for.
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Parliament and legislatures.a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to…
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Parliament and legislatures.persons who make or amend or repeal laws
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Parliament and legislatures.In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or…
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Parliament and legislatures.persons who make or amend or repeal laws
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Parliament and legislatures.Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking; -- distinguished from executive; as, a legislative act; a legislative b…
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Parliament and legislatures.persons who make or amend or repeal laws
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Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Parliament and legislatures.The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body.
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A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often us…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, corps, enforces, discipline, guards.the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, corps, enforces, discipline, guards.the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, corps, enforces, discipline, guards.A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, corps, enforces, discipline, guards.The human body, whether living or dead.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, corps, enforces, discipline, guards.A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, corps, enforces, discipline, guards.The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the st…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, corps, enforces, discipline, guards.Pertaining to discipline.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, corps, enforces, discipline, guards.Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, corps, enforces, discipline, guards.One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, corps, enforces, discipline, guards.To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, corps, enforces, discipline, guards.The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, corps, enforces, discipline, guards.The act of enforcing; compulsion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, corps, enforces, discipline, guards.One who enforces.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, corps, enforces, discipline, guards.That system of ethics which defines and enforces moral obligation by its relation to happiness or personal well-being.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, corps, enforces, discipline, guards.The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, corps, enforces, discipline, guards.Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, corps, enforces, discipline, guards.Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post o…
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