acting
/ˈæk.tɪŋ/ adjective C2- Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job. · The Acting Minister must sign Executive Council documents in a Minister's absence.· The CEO is currently in a hospital. The CFO is acting CEO in the meantime.
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He was dressed for the part, and all his good angels had not the power to prevent him from acting it.
Lynde says that all play-acting is abominably wicked.”
But these are not Jane’s feelings; she is not acting by design.
By supposing such an affection, you make everybody acting unnaturally and wrong, and me most unhappy.
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