actualization 
state of actuality or existence ; the state of be- 
ing made actual. Also spelled aetualisatioH. 
It Ittir idea of pc;ice| is expounded, illustrated, defined, 
with different degrees of clearness ; and its ac.tnalizatwn, 
or thr measures it should inspire, predicted arrunlin^ tn 
the light of each seer. /.'' "", War. 
actualize (ak'tu-al-Iz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. ac- 
tualized, ppr. <wiii<ili;iii</. [< urti/al + -i:c ; = P. 
actualiser.] To make actual. Also spelled ac- 
tualise. 
ieverity almost actualizes the actuatet (ak'tu-at), a. [< ML. actuatus, pp. of 
'Awfc,Ess.anditev.,I.20. nctll(lrc . Be e 'the verb.] Put ' 
actually (ak'tu-al-i), tuir. 1. As an actual or x ol ,th. [Rare.] 
His [Macaulay'sl critical sev 
idea of critical damnation. 
63 acupressure 
aculeated (a-ku'le-a-ted), p. a. [< aculeate + 
-<<&.] 1. Armed' with prickles. 2. Pointed; 
sharp ; incisive. 
aculei, . Plural of aculeus. 
aculeiform (a-ku'le-i-form), a. [< L. aculfux. 
prickle, + -for mix, < forma, shape.] Formed 
like a prickle. 
on of her pilgrimage only as a spe- acu l e olate (a-ku'le-6-lat), a. [< NL. acnlcola- 
aith, instigated by those evil spirits " nn'ilrnhii rliVn of ncitlfut a tinu 
lieniselves in conHict with the just. "% ,\ Jj - wi dim. or OC 
prickle : see aculeus.] In bot., having small 
prickles or sharp points. A. (Irai/. 
action, aculeous (a-ku'le-us), a. [< aculeux + -ous.] In 
hot., same as aculeate. 
If thou dost love, my kindness shall incite thee 
To bind our loves up in a holy band. 
SI:,H., Much Ado, iii. 1. 
More apt 
To slacken Virtue, and abate her i-dyc, 
Thau prompt her to do aught may merit praise. 
Miltnii, ]: K., ii. 4;.c.. 
With the education she had received, she could look on 
this strange interrupt!' 
cial assault upon her faith 
that are ever setting them 
Mrs. Stmiv, Agnes of Sorrento, xxv. 
into 
kUVUCKLU v** 1 ^ ,. .. >7 ill/tun, Livwiu.j ' i - i, - . i i / -\ rT 
existing fact; really; in truth: often used as actuation (ak-tu-a'shon), . A putting in mo- aculeus (a-ku le-us), . ; pi. aculet (-1). |_Jj., a 
tion or operation; communication of active en- sting, prickle, spine, dim. of acns, a needle : see 
- - 
an expression of wonder or surprise : as, he ac- 
tually accomplished what he undertook. 
On one occasion Sheridan actually forced Burke down 
upon his seat in order to prevent a furious explosion of 
passion. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent., xv. 
The refraction of the atmosphere causes the sun to be 
seen Iwfore it actually rises, and after it actually sets. 
Tyndall, Light and Elect., p. 43. 
ergy or force. 
I have presupposed all things distinct from him to have 
been produced out of nothing by him, and consequently 
to be posterior not only to the motion, but the actuation 
of his will. Bp. Pearson, Expos, of Creed, iv. 
actuator (ak'tu-a-tor), n. One who or that 
which actuates or puts in action. [Rare.] 
2f. By action or active manifestation; in act actUOSet (ak'tu-6s), a. [< L. actuosus, full of 
or deed; practically. activity, < actits, action: see act, n.] Having 
the power of action ; having strong powers of 
action ; abounding in action, 
actuosity (ak-tu-os'i-ti), . [=Pg- actuosidade, 
<L. as if *actuosita(i-)s, <actuosus: see actuose.] 
actualness (ak'tu-al-nes), . The state or qual- 
ity of being actual "; actuality. [Rare.] 
actuarial (ak-tu-a'ri-al), a. Of or pertaining 
to an actuary or to actuaries, or to the business 
of an actuary : as, actuarial calculations ; an ac- 
Of all your sex, yet never did I know 
Any that yet so actually did shew 
such rules for patience, such an easy way. 
tuarial society. 
If. Power or state of action. [Rare.] 2. In 
metaph., a state of activity which is complete 
in itself, without leading to any result that 
must be regarded as its completion. 
That actuority in which the action and its completion 
coincide, as to think, to see. J. Hutchison Stirling. 
acus.] 1. The poison-sting of the aculeate hy- 
meiiopterous insects, as bees, wasps, etc. See 
Aculeata. 2. In bot., aprickle ; a slender, rigid, 
and pointed outgrowth from the bark or epi- 
dermis, as in the rose and blackberry, in distinc- 
tion from a thorn, which grows from the wood. 
acumen (a-ku'men), . [L., a point, sting, 
fig. acuteness, (. acucre, sharpen : see acute.] 
1 . Quickness of perception ; the faculty of nice 
discrimination ; mental acuteness or penetra- 
tion ; keenness of insight. 
His learning, above all kings christened, his acumen, 
his judgment, his memory. 
Sir E. Coke, K. James's Proc. agt. Garnet, sig. G, p. 3b. 
Individual insight and acumen may point out conse- 
quences of an action which bring it under previously 
known moral rules. '. K. Clifford, Lectures, II. 135. 
2. In bot., a tapering point. =8yn. 1. Penetration, 
discernment, acuteness, sharpness, perspicacity, insight. 
actuarially (ak-tu-a'ri-al-i), adv. After the ac turet (ak'tur), ', [< act + -ure.] Actual acuminate (a-ku'mi-nat), v.; pret. and pp, 
marinof nf an n.pln fir v ! in a,n actuarial wav. *..- "' e - - 
manner of an actuary; in an actuarial way. "ope^rtio^o/p^rformancer^^Aafc.rLover's'Com- acuminated, ppr. acuminating. [< L. acumina- 
The trade-unions of England are, actuarially speaking, D l a i n t 1 185 tus > PP- f acuminare, sharpen, < acumen, a 
bankrupt. N. A. Rev., CXLIII. 233. a ^ turience (ak-tu'ri-ens), n. [<L. as if *acturi- point: see acumen.] I. tram. To bring to a 
,ctuary(ak'tu-a-ri),.; pi. actuaries (-riz). [<L. en ( t .) s ppr . O f an assumed *acturire, desire to point; render sharp or keen: as, to acunm- 
actuarius, a "shorthand- writer, a clerk, < actuts ac v tj ( '^ IS> pp . of agerej do> act , + -urire, de- '" - 1 -" " ''<<,, T .. ^ i 
(actu-), action, public employment: see act,n.] s iderativo suffix. Cf. esurient, parturient.] A 
1. A registrar or clerk : a term of the civil law, a es i re f or action. Grote, [Rare.] 
[Rare, 
ippointed to keep 
2. A person skilled in the application of the _ . ,-_ . 
doctrine of chances to ttnancial affairs, more acuatet (ak u-at), v. t. 
especially in regard to the insurance of lives. ( 
The term is generally applied to an officer of a life-insur- 
ance company whose main duties are to make the coni- 
putations "necessary to determine the valuation of contin- 
" "ities, computation of premiums, compilation of 
_ent liabiliti. 
tables, etc. 
actuate (ak'tu-at), 
ated, ppr. actuating. _ 
tuare, perform, put in action, < L. actus : see 
act, n.] 1. To put into action; move or incite 
to action : as, men are actuated by motives or 
passions. 
Those whom their superior talents had deified, were 
found to be still actuated by the most brutal passions of 
human nature. Goldsmith, Origin of Poetry. 
I succeeded in making a very good electro-magnet, . . . 
which . . . performed the work of actuating the arma- 
ture with perfect success. 
E. Gray, in G. B. Prescott's Elect. Invent., p. 185. 
2t. To make actual or real; carry out; exe- 
cute; perform. 
Only to he thought worthy of your counsel, 
Or actuate what you command to me, 
Were a perpetual happiness. 
Massinger, Roman Actor, iv. 2. 
=Syn. 1. Actuate, Impel, Induce, Incite, Prompt, Insti- 
gate. (See impel.) To actuate is merely to call into action, 
without regard to the nature of the actuating force ; but 
it is very commonly used of motives : as, the murderer was 
actuated\>y revenge. Impel, to drive toward, is expressive 
of more passion, haste, urgency, necessity ; hence it is cou- 
[Rare.] 
[< L. as if "acudtus, pp. 
acitare, < L. acnere, pp. acutus, sharpen: 
see acute, a.] To sharpen ; make pungent or 
sharp, literally or figuratively. 
Immoderate feeding upon pickled meats, and debauch- 
ing with strong wines, do inflame and acuatc the blood. 
Harvey, Consumption. 
oft! acuate (ak'u-at), . 
[< L : as if 
pp. 
(Sp. pron. a-ko-ai'do), n. [Sp., = E. 
accord, n.] 1. A resolution of a deliberative 
body, as of an ayuntamientp or town council. 
-2. A decision or legal opinion of a court. 
3. Ratification. [Used in parts of the United 
States settled by Spaniards.] 
acuitiont (ak-u-ish'on), n. [< ML. acuitio(n-), 
< L. acnere, sharpen: see acute, a.] The act of 
rendering sharp, literally or figuratively. Spe- 
cifically (a) The sharpening of medicines to increase their 
effect, as by the addition of a mineral acid to a vegetable 
acid, (b) The highest sound (accent) in the pronunciation 
of a word. 
acuity (a-ku'i-ti), n. [< P. acuite, < ML. acui- 
ta(t-)s, i'rreg. "< L. acuere, sharpen: see acute, 
a., and -%.] Sharpness; acuteness. 
nate despair," Cowper, Letters, p. 172. 
except in the past participle.] 
This is not acuminated and pointed, as in the rest, but 
seemeth, as it were, cut off. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err. 
II. intrans. To taper or rise to a point. 
[Obsolete, except in the present participle.] 
They [the bishops], . . . acuminating still higher and 
higher in a cone of prelaty, instead of healing up the 
gashes of the church, . . . fall to gore one another with 
their sharp spires, for upper places and precedence. 
Milton, Church Gov., i. 
acuminate (a-ku'mi-nat), a. [< L. acuminatus, 
pp. : see the verb.] Pointed; acute. Specifically 
(a) In bot., having a long, tapering 
termination : applied to leaves and other 
organs. When the narrowing takes 
place at the base it is so expressed, for 
example, acuminate at the baxe ; when 
the word is used without any limitation 
it always refers to the apex, (b) In ornith., 
applied in a similar sense to the feathers 
of birds ; tapering. 
acnmination (a-ku-mi-na'shon), 
n. [< L. as if *acuminatio(n-), 
< acuminare : see acuminate, v.] 1 . 
The act of acuminating, or the 
state of being acuminated ; a 
sharpening ; termination in a 
sharp point. 2. A sharp and 
tapering point ; a pointed extremity. 
The coronary thorns . . . did also pierce his tender and 
sacred temples to a multiplicity of pains, by their numer- 
ous acuminatians. Bp. Pearson, Expos, of Creed, iv. 
3. Acuteness of intellect; acumen. [Rare.] 
Acuminate Leaf. 
[The] acuity or bluntness of the pin that bears the card. 
Perkins, Magnetic Needle, Hist. Royal Soc., IV. 18. 
pled with words of corresponding kind, and when used 
with quieter words it gives them force: as, youth impelled Aculeata (a-ku-le-a'ta), n. nl 
him Induce to lead toward, is gentler by as much as flftl , fnt , is f 1]rnis h fi d with sti] 
leading is gentler than driving: it implies the effort to 
persuade by presenting motives, but is also used where the 
persuasion is only figurative : as, I was at last induced to 
go ; he was induced by my example. Incite, prompt, insti- 
gate are used only when motives irrespective of physical 
force are the actuating power. Incite is weaker than impel 
and stronger than prompt ; it expresses more eagerness 
than impel ; it implies the urging of men toward the ob- 
jects of kindled feelings and generally of strong desire. 
Prompt is more general in its meaning, depending upon 
its connection forforce and limitation; it is of ten preferred 
for its brevity and breadth of application. Instigate, to 
Wits, which erect and inscribe, with notable zeal and 
acnmination, their memorials in evei-y mind they meet 
with. Waterhouse, Apol. for Learning (1653), p. 190. 
Many of them [Eskimos! . . . bong endowed with the 
acuity of vision peculiar to nomads and hunters. acumhiose (a-ku'mi-nos), a. [< NL. acunnno- 
Arc. Cruise of the Corwin, 1881, p. 24. g^ < L. acumen, point : see acumen.] In hot., 
[L., neut. pi. of having a sharp or tapering point. [Rare.] 
aculeatus, furnished with stings : see aculeate, acuminous (a-ku'mi-nus), a. [< acumen (-min-) 
a.] 1. A name given by Latreille, 1802, to a + -ous. Cf. acuminose.] 
1. A name given by Latreille, 1802, to a 
group of hymenopterous insects in which the 
abdomen of the females and neuters is armed 
+ -ous. Cf. acuminose.] 1. Characterized by 
acumen; sharp; penetrating. 2. Sameasoc- 
minose. 
with a sting, consisting of two fine spicula with acuminulate (ak-u-min'u-lat), a. [< L. as if 
reverted barbs, connected with a poison-reser- "acuminuliim, dim. of acumen, a poij4,^+ -ate 1 ; 
after acuminate.] 
ruinate. [Rare.] 
Somewhat or slightly acu- 
(secretly) instigated to his perfidy. 
It is observed by Cicero that men of the greatest and 
most shining parts are most actuated by ambition. 
Addison. 
Thus we see that human nature is impelled by affections 
of gratitude, esteem, veneration, joy, not to mention vari- 
ous others. Changing, Perfect Life, p. l:i. 
Desire with thee still longer to converse 
liitliiceiliiK. Miltmi, I'. I.., viii. 253. 
voir. The group includes bees and wasps. 
2f. In mammal., an artificial group of spiny ._ 
rodents, composed of the genera Hystrix and acupress (ak'u-pres), v. t. [< L. acus, a needle, 
Loncheres. Illiger, 1811. abl. acu, with a needle, + press.] In surg., to 
apply acupressure to, as a bleeding artery. 
acupression (ak-u-presh'on), n. K L. acus, a 
needle, + pressio(n-), pressure.] Same as acu- 
f urnished with a sting ; pertaining to or charac- pressure. 
teristic of the Aculeata. 2. In bot., furnished acupressure (ak'u-presh-ur), . [< L. acus, a 
with aculei or sharp prickles; aculeous. 3. needle, + pressura, ^pressure : see pressure.]^ In 
Figuratively, pointed ; stinging. 
surg., a method (first published by Sir J. Y. 
A" hymenopterous insect, one of the Simpson in 1859) of stopping hemorrhage in 
arteries during amputations, etc. , consisting in 
[< L. aculeatus : see pressing the artery closely by means of a pin 
" or needle or bit of inelastic wire, introduced 
II. . 
Acult-ata. 
aculeate (a-ku'le-at), v. t. , 
<ii-iilcate,a.] To make pointed; sharpen. [Rare.] 
