"keep an act" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: keeps an act [present, singular, third-person], keeping an act [participle, present], kept an act [participle, past], kept an act [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> an act}} 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.
    Sense id: en-keep_an_act-en-verb-L9ejPAxe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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