Actual \Ac"tu*al\ (#; 135), a. [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L.
actualis, fr. agere to do, act.]
1. Involving or comprising action; active. [Obs.]
Her walking and other actual performances. --Shak.
Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is
. . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to
God. --Jer. Taylor.
2. Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in
fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible,
virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or
nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case
under discussion.
3. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the
actual situation of the country.
Actual cautery. See under Cautery.
Actual sin (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by
ourselves in contradistinction to ``original sin.''
Syn: Real; genuine; positive; certain. See Real.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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