Meaning of ACTIVATE

Pronunciation:			'aktu`veyt
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[v]  make active or more active; "activate an old file" [v]  make (substances) radioactive [v]  aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter [v]  make more adsorptive; of metals [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.]
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.
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