| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To play the part of: act, do, enact, impersonate, play, play-act, portray, represent. See ACTION, PERFORMING ARTS, SUBSTITUTE. 2. To carry out the functions, requirements, or terms of: discharge, do, execute, exercise, fulfill, implement, keep. Idioms: live up to. See DO. 3. To react in a specified way: act, behave, function, operate, work. See ACTION. 4. To begin and carry through to completion: do, execute, prosecute. Informal : pull off. See DO. 5. To make music: play. See PERFORMING ARTS. 6. To produce on the stage: act (out), do, dramatize, enact, give, present2, put on, stage. See PERFORMING ARTS.
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