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keep an act

keep an act verb: to hold an academical disputation.

Verb

keep an act (third-person singular simple present keeps an act, present participle keeping an act, simple past and past participle kept an act)

  1. To hold an academical disputation.

Forms of keep an act

third-person singular presentkeeps an act
present participlekeeping an act
past participlekept an act
pastkept an act

Questions about keep an act

What does keep an act mean?
Keep an act means to hold an academical disputation.
What part of speech is keep an act?
Keep an act is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep an act?
The past tense of keep an act is kept an act.

Words near keep an act in the dictionary

  1. keep a tight rein on
  2. keep a watch out
  3. keep a weather eye open
  4. keep across
  5. keep ahead
  6. keep an act
  7. keep an eye on
  8. keep an eye open
  9. keep an eye out
  10. keep an eye peeled
  11. keep an eye skinned

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