These are the meanings of the letters ACTU when you unscramble them.
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Act (n.)
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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Act (n.)
The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress.
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Act (n.)
A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done.
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Act (n.)
A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.
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Act (n.)
A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
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Act (n.)
A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence.
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Act (n.)
Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing).
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Act (v. t.)
To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
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Act (v. t.)
To perform; to execute; to do.
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Act (v. t.)
To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.
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Act (v. t.)
To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero.
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Act (v. t.)
To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
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Act (v. i.)
To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food.
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Act (v. i.)
To perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will.
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Act (v. i.)
To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we know not why he has acted so.
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Act (v. i.)
To perform on the stage; to represent a character.
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Cat (n.)
An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus) See Wild cat, and Tiger cat.
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Cat (n.)
A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.
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Cat (n.)
A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.
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Cat (n.)
A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed.
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Cat (n.)
An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.
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Cat (n.)
A cat o' nine tails. See below.
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Cat (v. t.)
To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.
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Cut (imp. & p. p.)
of Cut
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Cut (v. t.)
To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.
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Cut (v. t.)
To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.
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Cut (v. t.)
To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.
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Cut (v. t.)
To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.
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Cut (v. t.)
To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out.
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Cut (v. t.)
To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.
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Cut (v. t.)
To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.
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Cut (v. t.)
To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance.
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Cut (v. t.)
To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc.
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Cut (v. i.)
To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.
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Cut (v. i.)
To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
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Cut (v. i.)
To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.
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Cut (v. i.)
To make a stroke with a whip.
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Cut (v. i.)
To interfere, as a horse.
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Cut (v. i.)
To move or make off quickly.
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Cut (v. i.)
To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be dealt.
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Cut (n.)
An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.
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Cut (n.)
A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.
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Cut (n.)
That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight.
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Cut (n.)
A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.
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Cut (n.)
The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.
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Cut (n.)
A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber.
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Cut (n.)
An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.
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Cut (n.)
The act of dividing a pack cards.
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Cut (n.)
The right to divide; as, whose cut is it?
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Cut (n.)
Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment.
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Cut (n.)
A common work horse; a gelding.
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Cut (n.)
The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
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Cut (n.)
A skein of yarn.
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Cut (a.)
Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.
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Cut (a.)
Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.
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Cut (a.)
Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
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Tau (n.)
The common American toadfish; -- so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter tau (/).