01 a. Involving or comprising action; active.
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Involving or comprising action; active.[Obs.]“Her walking and other actual performances.” — Shak.“Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God.” — Jer. Taylor.
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Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.
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In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.
Phrases & compounds
Actual cautery —
See under Cautery.
Actual sin —
that kind of sin which is done by ourselves in contradistinction to “original sin.”