Obs. rare. [f. L. act- ppl. stem of agĕre to do + -URE; as if ad. L. *actūra; cf. nātūra, factūra, etc.] The process of acting; action.

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1593.  ? Shaks., Lover’s Compl., 185. With acture they may be, Where neither party is nor true nor kind.

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