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  • 41actual — adjective be honest how much of this wild story is actual? Syn: real, true, genuine, authentic, verified, attested, confirmed, definite, hard, plain, veritable; existing, existent, manifest, substantial, factual, de facto, bona fide; info …

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  • 42actual — /ˈæktʃuəl / (say akchoohuhl) adjective 1. existing in act or fact; real. 2. now existing; present: the actual position of the moon. 3. Obsolete exhibited in action. {Late Latin actuālis active, practical; replacing Middle English actuel, from Old …

  • 43actual — adj. (usu. attrib.) 1 existing in fact; real (often as distinct from ideal). 2 existing now; current. Usage: Redundant use, as in tell me the actual facts, is disp., but common. Derivatives: actualize v.tr. (also ise). actualization n. Etymology …

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  • 44Actual Grace — • A grace that is given for the performance of salutary acts and is present and disappears with the action itself Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Actual Grace     Actual Grace …

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  • 45Actual infinity — is the idea that numbers, or some other type of mathematical object, can form an actual, completed totality; namely, a set. Hence, in the philosophy of mathematics, the abstraction of actual infinity involves the acceptance of infinite entities,… …

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  • 46Actual Art — is a genre of art that was first named by critic Alfred Frankenstein of the San Francisco Chronicle in a review of Helene Aylon’s work. The name was chosen because the art was real , but the term Realism was already in use to describe a different …

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  • 47actual notice — see notice Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. actual notice …

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  • 48Actual cautery — Actual Ac tu*al (#; 135), a. [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L. actualis, fr. agere to do, act.] 1. Involving or comprising action; active. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Her walking and other actual performances. Shak. [1913 Webster] Let your holy and pious… …

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  • 49Actual sin — Actual Ac tu*al (#; 135), a. [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L. actualis, fr. agere to do, act.] 1. Involving or comprising action; active. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Her walking and other actual performances. Shak. [1913 Webster] Let your holy and pious… …

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  • 50Actual (voilier) — Actual L’Actual quitte le port du Havre pour participer au prologue de la Transat Jacques Vabre 2011 Classe Multi50 …

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