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Actuate

//ˈækt͡ʃu.eɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To activate, or to put into motion; to animate. transitive

    "Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion."

  2. 2
    put in motion or move to act wordnet
  3. 3
    To incite to action; to motivate. transitive

    "1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, 2. ed., London, Oxford University Press, 1973. § 11. A man in a fit of anger, is actuated in a very different manner from one who only thinks of that emotion."

  4. 4
    give an incentive for action wordnet

Etymology

From Medieval Latin āctuātus, perfect passive participle of āctuō (“actuate, implement”), from Latin āctus, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act”).

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