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ActualActual Ac"tu*al (#; 135), a. [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L.
actualis, fr. agere to do, act.]
1. Involving or comprising action; active. [Obs.]
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, conceivable, 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 (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by
ourselves in contradistinction to ``original sin.'
Syn: Real; genuine; positive; certain. See Real. Actual
Actual Ac"tu*al, n. (Finance)
Something actually received; real, as distinct from
estimated, receipts. [Cant]
The accounts of revenues supplied . . . were not real
receipts: not, in financial language, ``actuals,' but
only Egyptian budget estimates. --Fortnightly
Review.
Actual cauteryActual Ac"tu*al (#; 135), a. [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L.
actualis, fr. agere to do, act.]
1. Involving or comprising action; active. [Obs.]
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, conceivable, 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 (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by
ourselves in contradistinction to ``original sin.'
Syn: Real; genuine; positive; certain. See Real. Actual cauteryCautery Cau"ter*y, n.; pl. Cauteries. [L. cauterium, Gr. ?.
See Cauter.]
1. (Med.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a
hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn,
corrode, or destroy animal tissue.
2. The iron of other agent in cauterizing.
Actual cautery, a substance or agent (as a hot iron) which
cauterizes or sears by actual heat; or the burning so
effected.
Potential cautery, a substance which cauterizes by chemical
action; as, lunar caustic; also, the cauterizing produced
by such substance. Actual sinActual Ac"tu*al (#; 135), a. [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L.
actualis, fr. agere to do, act.]
1. Involving or comprising action; active. [Obs.]
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, conceivable, 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 (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by
ourselves in contradistinction to ``original sin.'
Syn: Real; genuine; positive; certain. See Real. ActualistActualist Ac"tu*al*ist, n.
One who deals with or considers actually existing facts and
conditions, rather than fancies or theories; -- opposed to
idealist. Actualization
Actualization Ac`tu*al*i*za"tion, n.
A making actual or really existent. [R.] --Emerson.
Actualize
Actualize Ac"tu*al*ize, v. t.
To make actual; to realize in action. [R.] --Coleridge.
Actually
Actually Ac"tu*al*ly, adv.
1. Actively. [Obs.] ``Neither actually . . . nor passively.'
--Fuller.
2. In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
Actualness
Actualness Ac"tu*al*ness, n.
Quality of being actual; actuality.
Actuarial
Actuarial Ac`tu*a"ri*al, a.
Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an
annuity.
ActuariesActuary Ac"tu*a*ry, n.; pl. Actuaries. [L. actuarius
copyist, clerk, fr. actus, p. p. of agere to do, act.]
1. (Law) A registrar or clerk; -- used originally in courts
of civil law jurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk
or registrar generally.
2. The computing official of an insurance company; one whose
profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the
risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances. ActuaryActuary Ac"tu*a*ry, n.; pl. Actuaries. [L. actuarius
copyist, clerk, fr. actus, p. p. of agere to do, act.]
1. (Law) A registrar or clerk; -- used originally in courts
of civil law jurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk
or registrar generally.
2. The computing official of an insurance company; one whose
profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the
risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances. ActuateActuate Ac"tu*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Actuated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Actuating.] [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare, fr. L.
actus act.]
1. To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action;
to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more
commonly used of persons.
Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by
the perpetual motion. --Johnson.
Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with
ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow
minds are the least actuated by it. --Addison.
2. To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] ``To actuate
what you command.' --Jer. Taylor.
Syn: To move; impel; incite; rouse; instigate; animate. Actuate
Actuate Ac"tu*ate, a. [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare.]
Put in action; actuated. [Obs.] --South.
ActuatedActuate Ac"tu*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Actuated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Actuating.] [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare, fr. L.
actus act.]
1. To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action;
to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more
commonly used of persons.
Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by
the perpetual motion. --Johnson.
Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with
ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow
minds are the least actuated by it. --Addison.
2. To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] ``To actuate
what you command.' --Jer. Taylor.
Syn: To move; impel; incite; rouse; instigate; animate. ActuatingActuate Ac"tu*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Actuated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Actuating.] [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare, fr. L.
actus act.]
1. To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action;
to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more
commonly used of persons.
Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by
the perpetual motion. --Johnson.
Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with
ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow
minds are the least actuated by it. --Addison.
2. To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] ``To actuate
what you command.' --Jer. Taylor.
Syn: To move; impel; incite; rouse; instigate; animate. Actuation
Actuation Ac`tu*a"tion, n. [Cf. LL. actuatio.]
A bringing into action; movement. --Bp. Pearson.
Actuator
Actuator Ac"tu*a`tor, n.
One who actuates, or puts into action. [R.] --Melville.
Factual
Factual Fac"tu*al, a.
Relating to, or containing, facts. [R.]
Inactuate
Inactuate In*ac"tu*ate, v. t.
To put in action. [Obs.]
Inactuation
Inactuation In*ac`tu*a"tion, n.
Operation. [Obs.]
TactualTactual Tac"tu*al, a. [See Tact.] (Physiol.)
Of or pertaining to the sense, or the organs, of touch;
derived from touch.
In the lowest organisms we have a kind of tactual sense
diffused over the entire body. --Tyndall.
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