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Definitions for Actuate
ˈæk tʃuˌeɪtac·tu·ate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch offverb

    put in motion or move to act

    "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

  2. motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, inciteverb

    give an incentive for action

    "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

Wiktionary

  1. actuateverb

    To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.

  2. actuateverb

    To incite to action; to motivate.

  3. Etymology: From actuatus, perfect passive participle of actuo, from actus, perfect passive participle of ago.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Actuateadjective

    Put into action; animated; brought into effect.

    Etymology: from the verb To actuate.

    The active informations of the intellect, filling the passive reception of the will, like form closing with matter, grew actuate into a third and distinct perfection of practice. South.

  2. To ACTUATEverb

    To put into action; to invigorate or encrease the powers of motion.

    Etymology: from ago, actum, Lat.

    The light made by this animal depends upon a living spirit, and seems, by some vital irradiation, to be actuated into this lustre. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iii. c. 6.

    Such is every man, who has not actuated the grace given him, to the subduing of every reigning sin. Decay of Piety.

    Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 255.

    Our passions are the springs which actuate the powers of our nature. John Rogers, Sermon iii.

ChatGPT

  1. actuate

    To actuate means to cause something to operate, function, or take action. It is often used in the context of mechanical devices, systems, or processes. Additionally, in a broader sense, it can also refer to motivating or inciting someone to act.

  2. actuate

    To actuate means to cause a machine or device to operate or be set in motion. It can also refer to motivating someone to take a particular action, instigating certain behaviors, or influencing to a course of action.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Actuateverb

    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

  2. Actuateverb

    to carry out in practice; to perform

  3. Actuateadjective

    put in action; actuated

  4. Etymology: [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Actuate

    akt′ū-āt, v.t. to put into or incite to action: to influence.—n. Actuā′tion. [L. actus, action. See Act.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. actuate

    To operate a mine-firing mechanism by an influence or a series of influences in such a way that all the requirements of the mechanism for firing, or for registering a target count, are met.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Actuate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Actuate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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  • подбуждам към действие, задвижвам, възбуждамBulgarian
  • aktivovat, podněcovatCzech
  • ωθώGreek
  • rakendamaEstonian
  • kannustaa, motivoida, innostaa, liikuttaaFinnish
  • 作動Japanese
  • excitō, āctuō, incitō, stimulō, incendō, acuōLatin
  • aanzetten, aandrijvenDutch
  • pobudzać, uruchomićPolish
  • estimularPortuguese
  • acționaRomanian
  • [[привести́]] [[в]] [[де́йствие]], [[побужда́ть]] [[к]] [[действие, [[побуди́ть]] [[к]] [[действие, [[приводи́ть]] [[в]] [[де́йствие]]Russian
  • عمل کرناUrdu

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