simple past tense and past participle of act out

Alternative spelling of acted-out

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see act, out. / (idiomatic) To perform a scene from a play, a charade or an exercise. / (idiomatic) To perform a fantasy in reality.

Any act involving sexual stimulation.

(biblical) The fifth book in the New Testament of the Bible.

To take action on the basis of information received or deduced.

(Catholicism) Vaginal intercourse between a married couple.

(pharmacology) Having a pharmaceutical effect principally in the short term.

(linguistics) An act carried out by speech, such as promising, ordering, greeting, warning, inviting and congratulating.

(pharmacology) Having a pharmaceutical effect principally in the long term.