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Meaning of ACTIVATE

Pronunciation:  'aktu`veyt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  make active or more active; "activate an old file"
  2. [v]  make (substances) radioactive
  3. [v]  aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
  4. [v]  make more adsorptive; of metals
  5. [v]  put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
 
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 Synonyms: actuate, aerate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip
 
 Antonyms: deactivate, inactivate
 
 See Also: alter, change, come about, go on, hap, happen, initiate, occur, pass, pass off, pioneer, reactivate, take place

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ac"ti*vate\, v. t.
To make active. [Obs.]
 
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Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: In biology, to stimulate a cell in a resting state to become active. This causes biochemical and functional changes in the activated cell.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: accelerate, actuate, animate, arouse, atomize, awaken, bombard, charge, cleave, contaminate, cross-bombard, energize, fission, galvanize, get going, impel, infect, initiate, irradiate, mobilize, motivate, move, nucleize, poison, prompt, radiumize, rally, reactivate, recharge, remilitarize, rouse, set going, set in motion, smash the atom, start, stimulate, stir, switch on, trigger, turn on, wake, waken
 

 

 

 

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