Meaning

noun a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

verb perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

noun something that people do or cause to happen

originFrom Middle English acte, from Old French acte, from Latin ācta (“register of events”), plural of āctum (“decree, law”), from agere (“to do, to act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. Compare German…

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