Meaning of ACTUATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'akchoo`eyt
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- [v] put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
- [v] give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
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| | Synonyms: | | activate, incite, motivate, move, prompt, propel, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip |
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| | See Also: | | cause, come about, do, go on, hap, happen, initiate, make, occur, pass, pass off, pioneer, take place | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ac"tu*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Actuated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Actuating}.] [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare, fr. L.
actus act.]
1. To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action;
to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more
commonly used of persons.
Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by
the perpetual motion. --Johnson.
Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with
ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow
minds are the least actuated by it. --Addison.
2. To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] ``To actuate
what you command.'' --Jer. Taylor.
Syn: To move; impel; incite; rouse; instigate; animate.
\Ac"tu*ate\, a. [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare.]
Put in action; actuated. [Obs.] --South.
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| | Related Terms: | | animate, arouse, circulate, compel, drive, drive on, energize, excite, force, forward, foster, galvanize, give an impetus, give momentum, goad, impel, incite, mobilize, motivate, move, move to action, nudge, power, promote, propel, provoke, push, put in motion, rouse, set agoing, set going, set in motion, set off, shove, spark, stimulate, stir, thrust, vitalize, whip on |
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