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1according to your lights — formal : according to your idea of what is right You know my views on the matter; but of course you must act according to your (own) lights. [=you must be guided by your own opinions about what is right] • • • Main Entry: ↑light …
2act upon — act according to, function according to; set one s influence in motion …
3act on instinct — act according to intuition, act spontaneously, act naturally …
4act up to one's opinions — act according to what one believes, practice what you preach …
5Act of Settlement (Irish) — • 1662 act passed by the Irish Parliament to bring in Protestant settlers in Munster, Leinster, and Ulster Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Act of Settlement (Irish) Act of Settlement (Irish) …
6Act structure — explains how a plot of a film story is composed. Just like plays (Staged drama) have Acts , critics and screenwriters tend to divide films into acts; though films don t require to be physically broken down as such in reality. Whereas plays are… …
7Act Without Words II — is a short mime play by Samuel Beckett, his second (after Act Without Words I ). Like many of Beckett s works, the piece was originally composed in French ( Acte sans paroles II ), then translated into English by Beckett himself. Written in the… …
8Act — Act, v. i. 1. To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food. [1913 Webster] 2. 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 …
9act utilitarianism — Version of utilitarianism associated especially with Bentham, according to which the measure of the value of an act is the amount by which it increases general utility or happiness. An act is to be preferred to its alternatives according to the… …
10Act of Settlement 1701 — The Act of Settlement is an act of the Parliament of England, originally filed in 1700, and passed in 1701, to settle the succession to the English throne on the Electress Sophia of Hanoverndash a granddaughter of James Indash and her Protestant… …
