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actualization 
^ __ __ _ ^ MIIIIJV m n- actress (ak'tres), n. [< tictor + -ess. Cf. F. ac- 
iniikiiil," :ind"iinniaking"of 7de'a's"d"oth very'properl/de- ner ' b y action or movement ; hence, briskly or trice, an actress, < L. actrix, ace. actricem, a 
nominate the mind m-tin; energetically: as, to engage actmeli/ in busi- female plaintiff, a stewardess, fern of actor- 
to**)*, lYin.-iples of Human Knowledge, i. 38. ness ; to work actively. see actor.] A female actor or performer 
JETS ;ir f p:^mvXy-t^t ss s^^rjsstes ;^i jar- h - indeed ' aamitte<i Fame - - *~s a 
called oc/iw and the other passive power. Locke. SVm* Hamlet iii 4 AMMO*. 
[This distinction is taken from Aristotle.] T ' Specifically, a woman who represents c 
mal. 4. Busy ; constantly engaged in action ; ^ " 8 
acting with vigor and assiduity : opposed to dull, 
fineratu tnrv m * le P arts were Performed by boys, as is still the custom 
_ ., . " /ury - in China and some other countries. "The king, one night, 
slow, or indolent: as, an active officer; also to activementt (ak'tiv-ment), n. [Irreg. < ttctoe was impatient to have the play begin. 'Sire,' said Dave- 
sedentary: as, an active life. +-*<.] Business; employment. Bp. JZey. r^^^^T*!. MWX 
Malaga possessed a brave and numerous garrison, and salind says: "If I were a woman, I would kiss as many 
the common people were active, hardy, and resolute. aCTlV6H6SS ('Ik tlv-nes), H. Ihe quality of be- of you as had beards that pleased me," etc. In 1602 the 
Irving, Granada, p. 348. ing active ; the faculty of acting ; nimbleness ; employment of actresses was sanctioned by Charles II. 
5. In a state of action ; marked by movement activity. [Rare.] 
or operation ; in actual progress or motion ; not What strange agility and activenett do our common 
quiescent, dormant, or suspended : as, to take tumbl ers and dancers on the rope attain to ! 
Whereas the women's parts in plays have hitherto been 
acted by men, in the habits of women, at which some 
have taken great offence, we do permit and give leave, 
for the time to come, that all women's parts be aeted by 
active proceedings against "an offender ; to en- .- - tiw, Math. Magick. women." Extract from license in 1682 to a London theater. 
gage in active hostilities. 
The world hath had iu these men fresh experien 
dangerous such acti re errors arc. i _ , , ., , 
Fanaticism, or, to call it by its milder name, enthusi- doing. formanco: see act, .] If. Active; practical, 
asm, is only powerful and active so long as it is aggressive. Orl. He is, simply, the most active gentleman of France. Besides her walking and other actual performances, what 
Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 232. Con. Doing is actimty, and he will still be doing. have you heard her say? Shak., Macbeth, v. 1. 
Hence 6. In com., marked by quickness or Shot., Hen. V., iii. i. Either in discourse of thought or actual deed, 
frequency; brisk; lively; coming or moving 2. Activeness; the quality of acting promptly Shak., Othello, iv. 2. 
freely or abundantly : as, an active trade or de- and energetically. 2. In full existence ; real ; denoting that which 
mand for goods ; active freights or stocks. 7. If thou knowest any men of actimty among them, then not merely can be, but is: opposed to potential, 
Requiring action or exertion ; practical ; opera- make tnera r "Iers over my cattle. Gen. xlvii. e. apparent, constructive, and imaginary. 
tive; producing real effects: opposed to specu- 3 An exercise of enenrv or force- ao active Hermogenes, says Horace, was a singer even when si- 
lative: as, the active duties of life; the active movement or oDeraHo^a Trf lent: how J ,~ a 8inger not "' "<*" hut ''" V "*- ^Alfenus 
powers of the mind. SET e f HSZ*SZSr*l*. L a A w rl <l ft?l* !"." a 
um'erstimS amt'wi'l" ^^HEdtS? b lne omn 8entlent <*** 
el e rlT adopted 3? ta^cSS-heSW^S * ' Vert "" ? *" <"> d W "JT"- 
speculative, the latter all our active, powers. Reid. i. F. Rorrf, Dynam. Sociol., I. 681. cent promises of impossibilities. Macaulay, Lord Bacon. 
[This use of active for practical, in philosophy, is rightly 4. In phys., a term introduced by Sir William In ""Wry abnormal states, strong feelings of cold or 
condemned by Hamilton.] Thomson as an equivalent of "rate of doing , are " throu B hollt tlle >>o<ly, though its actual tern- 
8. In gram., signifying the performance and not work," or the rate per unit of time at which en- ' "is%ncer Prin of Psychol 1 4? 
the endurance of an action : opposed to passive, ergy is given out by a working system. Q M 
Said of a verb or verb-form, and used especially in the case Th ? existing ; present : opposed to past and 
of languages which, like Latin, have a nearly complete ',' '"'"'' or work per second or horse-power of a future: as, in the actual condition of affairs. 
passive conjugation of the verb, or else, like Greek and San- * jlPmES y 'pi . vi Actual being. See being.- Actual cautery. See 
skrit, a partial one; but also, less properly, of those which, , , . "" MB P*. uynamo-tlect. Mach., p. 99. cautery, 1. Actual cognition, opposed to virtual and to 
like English and French, have a system of verb-phrases with "t. A physical or gymnastic exercise; an agile habitual cognition, lasts only while the attention is en- 
passive meaning, made with an auxiliary. Some gramma- performance. gaged upon the object. Actual difference. Seedi/er- 
rians (quite improperly) use active as equivalent to trann- T _. . i_i,,..j t tv . j . ence. Actual energy, in mech., energy in the form 
five. Active apperception, that apperception which -wilfcilS e dauncmg and vaulting Schole of of motion ; CTJ. cira . opposed to potential energy, which is 
chooses one among a number of ideas that present them- , , rcoKes, the Master, set forth a energy in the form of position. See energy. Actual 
selves. Actlvebqnds.bomlswhichbearanxedrateofin- ' Evelyn, Diary, 1637. entry. See entry. Actual fraud. See fraud. Actual 
relation, one which depends upon an outward fact and 
Actual sin, in theol., 
ast with the sin of the 
race, or original sin. Actual whole, in logic: (a) Any 
, , 
cobbler potential, whereas, when busy in his booth he was 
The actimtift of sentient beings are perpetually directed a cobhler <*. Sir W. Hamilton. 
The smallest actual good is better than the most magnifl- 
terest payable m full from the date of issue, as distinguished actleSS (akt'les) a K act + -lets ~\ Without relation, one which depends upon an o 
trompoMiee bonds, on which no interest is paid, but which npfinn n ,T , ST" rWo 1 ' not "I" 511 a mere desire or fancy. ActU 
entitle the holder to some future benefit or claim. Active ' Lnure.J the sin of the individual, in contrast wi 
capital or wealth, money, or property that may readily A poor, young, actlea, indigested thing. 
be converted into money, used in commerce or other em- Southern, Loyal Brother, i. 1. 
m'erc'e.'t'lie cciinmm-i^^ich^na^n^arrteslts'own'aml ac * ( ak ' ts ), [Sp., also auto, < L. actum, actus : 
foreign' commodities iu its own ships, or which is prose- 8ee ac '. "] A n ac t or a proceeding. In judicial 
cuted by its own citizens, as contradistinguished fromjw*- matters it is applied to any of the proceedings, orders, 
whole except a potential whole. 
This whole is called potential, whereas the rest of the 
Burgersdicim, tr. by a Gentleman, i. 14. 
fire. Active list, the 'list of officers 1 in'the'army'or'nai^ ti,hacton, haketon, haqueton, et., also hocton, 
liable to be called upon for active service, as distinguished liocqueton, etc., < OF. acoton, aqitfton, auqiif- 
the will, appeti'tes, affections, etc.^but thatse has'been = alcoto, cotton-wool, padding, a padded 
cares of life. 
That delicious sense of disenthrallment from the actual 
which the deepening twilight brings with it. 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 54. 
;-wool, paddins, a cadded = Syn. Actual, Positive, etc. (see real), veritable, genuine 
. f.,-~-- ~, .... W.U..U, ..vu. , . rn, >m;i uoc lino M1'I':I - 1 3 '* 1 t r\ f ft\ h t 
generally condemned. Active service (mint.), (n) The and quilted jacket, < Sp. algodon, itlcoton, cot- ' la "'.. !ill *V utc - 
performance of duty against an enemy, or operations car- ton, cotton-plant, < Ar al-aittun cotton < al aCTUailsatlon, actuallse. see actualization, 
ried on in his presence. the, + 9 fen, cotton: see <*U.] A kind of ''(* 
It was evident from the warlike character of El Zagal, quilted vest or tunic, made of taffeta or leather actuallsm (ak tu-al-izm), n. [< actual + -ism.'} 
fighting 6 " 5 WOUW " ea han<tance J^SSSdr i p l w l ^ orn under t"e habergeon or coat of maU to t ln ! eta J!>-< ib 4. c f trine * all existence is 
save the bodvfroin bminAa nnH ^mni'i tmc^ \jvf\m-t truly active or spiritual, and not dead or inert. 
(d) The state of having a place on the active list under * uruise, ami sometimes worn 
full pay : used in contradistinction to being on the 'retired alone llke a buffcoat ; in later times, a corselet .. The 18 . nothing so clear m his [Hmton's] earliest 
list, under reduced pay.- Active symptoms, in pathol., or cuirass of plate-armor. See gambeson. 5 "! 1 S' f, ^'nr'^ '" w $ ^ C 'T"V '' 
symptoms of excitement. Optically active substance, H ' ( n fw k p ' 
of polarization of" 'a r^y onighr^n'snutted^rough'T v.t .. hi. i,=i m * i,. n b-j .-,i I..M actualist (ak'{u-al-ist), n. [< actual + -ist.] 
= Syn. Active, Buxy, Officious, lively, agile, stirring vigor- 
ous, industrious, indefatigable. (Seeinwt/.) Active regards 
either mind or lxly ; there is no sinister sense of the word. 
1 * .K d Eve of st John 
who . interested in or deals with actuali- 
ties ; a realist : opposed to idealist. Grott. 
-tn-nl'i tU nl 
..' ? ' ' 
_ By an order in 1297 for the London City Gate guard the 
The activity may be merely for ite own sake"." "Act^e iTop- Sg?2 and B mbe8 on are to be both worn, or in default ~, '-T^aZtualiff <~ W "aftaliM~t'\s'ivt, 
posed to ioz.v, inert, or quie*cent:,m active mwd life per- tne haM " n and corset or haketon and plates. ik/T ", ',- '' ,V ? mv 
Fairholt, 11. 3. tus), < L. actuate, actual: see actual.] 1. The 
state of being actual, as opposed to potential- 
ideality. 
to the Mahometan idea 
, , , , - 
son. Busy is active about something that is supposed to 
quired 
is too bi 
whose el 
through his lack of judgment, to be regarded as anno 
or intrusive. See impertinent. 
Whose very languor is a punishment 
Heavier than actiue souls can feel or guess. 
Aubrey de Vere, Song of Faith. 1 
Best is not quitting the btuy career. 
John Dinght, True Rest. 
I will be hang'd if some eternal villain, 
Some bmy and insinuating rogue, 
Some cogging, cozening slave, to get some office, 
Have not devis'd this slander. Shak., Othello, iv. 
Yon are too officuna 
In her behalf that scorns your services. 
Shak., II. N. D., U. 2. 
seeking after ideal truth." Lowell, Study Windows, p. 208. 
He [Pitt] was an actor in the Closet, an actor at Coun- o rm.,,4. v i. ^i.- i- 
cil, ^ . .^ arid even in private society he could not lay aside * L nat ln which anything is realized. 
Nature and religion are the bands of friendship; excel- 
lency and usefulness are its great endearments ; society 
, . . . 
his theatrical tones and attitudes. 
Mamulay, William Pitt. 
2. In law : (a) An advocate or a proctor in civil and neighborhood, that is, the possibilities and the cir- 
2. courts or causes. (6) A plaintiff. [In this SS^^' Xm ^ tn * b ^nSSSf^rSSi^. 
sense properly a Latin word.] Character-actor 
an actor who portrays characters with strongly marked pe! actualization (ak'tu-al-1-za shon), w. A making 
real or actual ; the reducing of an idea to a 
culiarities. 
