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Show O A ATCY y. To bear a borrowed chara&er; ac, They make edi@s for ufury to fupport ufuress ftage-player i | 4 i ‘ln% well your part, there all the honour lies 2. To counterfeit to feign by action Pope His former trembling once again renew'd With aé7ed fear the villain thus purfu'd 3. To attuate; to put in motion Dryden to re gulate the movements Judas and i Acrt 2. th 1. Something done whether good or ill a deed O noble Englith ! that could entertai With half their forces the full power of France And let another half ftand laughing by All out of worlk, and cold for afion Shake[peare's Henry 'V ‘This aftion, I now go on z. Agency effect the powe Dryden of producin produétion of effeéts Firft, it fhoul The feeds of herbs and plants at the firft are no in aé?, but in poffibility, that which they after wards grow to be 1 God alone excepted Huooker who actually and everlaft ingly is whatfoever he may be, and which canno hereafter be that which now he is not; all othe . things befides are fomewhat in pofiibility, which a yet they are notin af7 Hooker Sure they're confciou Of fome intended mifchief, and are fle To put it into adt Denbam's Sophy 6. Incipient agency; tendency to an effort Her legs were bufkin'd and the left before In af to fhoot 5 a filver bow fhe bore Dryden ‘7. Apartof a play, during which the action proceeds without interruption _M'any never doubt but the whole condition reqlflred. by Chrift, the repentance he came to preach w:fll, in that laft fcene of their laft att, immediately before the exit, be as opportunely and ac ceptably performed, as at any other point of thei lives Hammond's Fundamentals Five aé?s are the juft meafure of a play Rofeommon 8. A decree of a court of juftice, or edic of a legiflature Ne I thre A'cTive. adj. [a&ivus, Lat. 1. That which has the power or quality o in acting qualifications one aion ‘fecondly i Thefe particles have not only a wis inertie, accompanied with fuch paffive laws of motion, a naturally refult from that force, but alfo they ar moved by certain aéive principles, fuch as is tha Addifon th accordanc of th motions of the body with the word fpoken; a part of oratory of gravity, and that whic and the cohefion of bodies. -Wehen an even flame two hearts did touch His office was indulgently to fit Aétives to pafiives, correfpondenc Donne L Only his fubjet was gelture or aétion than thofe of other countries Addifon [Inlaw.] Itis ufed with the prepofition againft before the perfon, and fo before the thing If you think that, by multiplying the .addlta ments in the fame proportion that you multiply th ore, the work will follow, you may be deceived for quantity in the paffive will add more refiftanc than the quantity in the a&iwe will add force. Bacor Aétions are perfonal, real, and mixt : aftion perfonal belongs to a man againft another, by reafo of any contrat, offence, or caufe, of like forc with a contraét or offence made or done by him o fome other, for whofe fac he is to anfwer. A&io real is given to any man againf} another, that pof fefles the thin name 3. Bufy, engaged in altion; oppofed t idle or fedentary, or any ftate of whic the duties are performed only by th mental powers required or fued for in his ow and no other man's >Tis virtuous aétion that muft praife bring forth Without which, flow advice is little }\ioz"_chfl is tha A&ion mixt which lies as well againft or for the thing which w feek a againf the perfo tha mixt, becaufe it hath a mixt refpect both to th thing and to the perfon Aéio is divide int civil penal an ne aim fued law thal mix as a fum of mo formerly lent. 4éion penal is that whic at fome penalty or punifhment in the part be it corporal or pecuniary : as, incommo the next friends of a man felonioufly flai Aéio purfue the law againft the murderer is that which fecks both the thing whereo we are deprived and a penalty alfo for the unjuf detaining of the fame Aétion uwpon the cafe, isan aion given for redref of wrongs done without force againf} any man law not fpecially provided for Action upon the flatute, is an aéfio againft a man upon breach of a ftatute b brough Cowvell praife deferve Denban Tho' in the aéfive part they cannot ferve 4. Pra&ical ; not merely theoretical The world hath had in thefe me mixt Aétion civil 1s that which tends only to the recovery of that which is due to us Yet they who give good counfél calle hath it caufes fermentation Neawton's Opticks 2. That which aéts, oppofed to pafive, o that which fuffers ~-He that fpeaks doth gripe the hearer's wrift While he that hears makes fearful aftio With wrinkled brows Shakefp. King Fobn Our orators are obferved to make ufe of lef 6 5. A ftate of reality; effect hav be bu 5. Gefticulation 4. The doing of fome particular thing; ftep taken ; a purpofe executed Shakelpeare's King Lear Cheyne be a great afion Prior « Is practice only fhoul it will turn wood or {tiff clay into ftone; in longe Bacon time thould be an entire afion 5 and, thirdly, it thoul , dome part or other of the world. Dryden's Fubles ‘Who forth from nothing call'd this comely frame His will and 4, his word and work the fame That this remotion of the duke and her aftio T As fnow and ice, efpecially being holpen, an their cold afivated by nitre or falt, will turn wate into ice, and that in a few hours; fo it may be He has fettled laws, and laid down rules, conformable to which natural bodies are governed i Thi t This word is perhap make adive ufed only by the author alleged viciffitudes of night and day, than expofe alway the fame fide to the action of the fun Bentley asthe fun is always carrying his light t This af perfuades me Zo A'CTIVATE. @.a. [from aftive. move about its own center, and make thofe ufefu 4. The feries of events reprefente fable Accuftome Lat aét [f Actita'r te o on Dis Aétion quick and frequent that the earth fhoul their aZions upon one another adj A knave, a rafcal, a filthy worfted-ftockin knave; alily-liver'd affion-taking knave. Shakefp operation It is better, therefore of exploits 'Tis fo much in your nature to do good, tha your life is but one continued aé of placing benefit on many 3. Agency refent by means of law; litigious. be not feconded by a good aéFion, the want of tha aétion is made fo much the more criminal and inexcufable South a I will try the force Of thefe thy compounds on fuch creatures a ‘We count not worth the hanging ;5 but none human ‘To try-the vigour of them, and appl Allayments to their a&; and by them gathe Their feveral virtues and effeéts Shakefpeare's Cymbeline 3. Altion ; the performanc A'crioN-TAKING Shakefpeare's Winter's Tale God never accepts a good inclinatien inftead o a good aétion, where that afion may be done ; nay fo much the contrary, that, if a good inclinatio Shakefp. Ant. and Cleopatra The confcious wretch muft all his ass reveal Loth to confefs, unable to concea From the firft moment of his vital breath a A'crionary,or A'cTioNIST. 7./. [fro attion.] One that has a fhare in afion or ftocks 2. An a& or thing done ; a deed May make too great an aé Better to leave undone than by our dee Acquire too high a fame the fam His procefs was formed 5 whereby he was foun guilty of nought elfe, that I could learn, whic was aftionable; but of ambition Howvel's Vocal Foreff No man's face is aétionable : thefe fingularit are interpretable from more innocent caufes, C to re/? A lower place, not well To his laft hour of unrepenting death 7 [a&tion, Fr. afio, Lat. Is for my better grace in France Jtocks in England 1. The quality or ftate of atting, oppofit an exploit decrees, judgments, againft us quitted B, Fonforr A'ction. n. Locke [altum, Lat. Aéions A'cTioNABLE. adj. [from a&ion.] Tha which admits an ation in law to b broug aga nf i pun fha le confcioufnefs aéting by inter vals two diftin& bodies. Firft, all our debts are paid ; dangers of law being granted me, her blindnefs is the only lett Sidnzy For our reward then Judicial a&s are all thofe matters which relate t judicial proceedings 5 and being reduced into writing by a public notary, are recorded by the authority of the judge Ayliffe ole courfe of:their converfation, af, and ar d, not by devotion, but defign South We fuppofe two diftin&, incommunicable confcioufnefles affing the fame body, the one conftantly by day, the other by night; and, on th other fide, the fam to chain up and reftrain the poor Shakefpeare's Coriolanus You that are king, though he do wear the crown Have caus'd him, by new a& of parliament To blot out me Shakefpeare's Henry V1 provide more piercing ftatutes dail 8 7+ In the plural humour, by ftrange and irrational changes. South Perhaps they are as proud as Lucifer, as coveas falfe a againf} filthy fortune than 1, fince, all other thi 9. Record of judicial proceedings Moft people in the world are afed by levity an us as Demas There was never man could have a jufter afZis repeal daily any wholefome aé# eftrablithed againf the rich, an Honour and fhame from no condition rife BC frefh expe rience, how dangerous fuch a&ive errors are. Haoker 5. Nimble ; agile; quick Some bend the ftubborn bow for vi&ory And fome with darts their afiwe finews try. Drydes 6. In grammar A verb aéfive is that which fignifies adtion, a Clarke's Latin Grammar I teach A'cTivELY adv [from aftive. altive manner; bufily 5 nimbly In a Ina altive fignification ; as, the word is ufe adtively A'criveness qualit o nf [from adive.] 'I:h being aftive; quickneis nimblenefs |