[f. ACTION sb. + -IST.]
† 1. = ACTIONARY; a shareholder. Obs.
1731. Bailey, Actionary or Actionist, a Person who owns or is possessed of Actions, Shares, or Stock, in a Company.
1755. in Johnson.
2. One who professes, practises, or lays great stress on (oratorical) action.
1812. Religionism, 32, Actionists (title), Some taught by thee, Demosthenes, are bent, On action, action, action, ne’er content With emphasis of utterance (fault absurd!) Unless pronounced, and acted too, each word.
