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ac⋅tu⋅ate

  [ak-choo-eyt]
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–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
1. to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
2. to put into action; start a process; turn on: to actuate a machine.
Origin:
1590–1600; < ML āctuāt(us) reduced to action (ptp. of āctuāre), equiv. to L āctu(s) (see act ) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ac⋅tu⋅a⋅tion, noun
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ac·tu·ate   (āk'chōō-āt')   
tr.v.   ac·tu·at·ed, ac·tu·at·ing, ac·tu·ates

  1. To put into motion or action; activate: electrical relays that actuate the elevator's movements.

  2. To move to action: a speech that actuated dissent.


[Medieval Latin āctuāre, āctuāt-, from Latin āctus, act; see act.]
ac'tu·a'tion n.
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