verb (used with object), ac·tu·at·ed, ac·tu·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; <
Medieval Latin āctuāt(
us) reduced to action (past participle of
āctuāre), equivalent to
Latin āctu(
s) (see
act) +
-ātus -ate1 Related forms ac·tu·a·tion, noun
de·ac·tu·ate, verb (used with object), de·ac·tu·at·ed, de·ac·tu·at·ing.
self-ac·tu·at·ing, adjective
un·ac·tu·at·ed, adjective
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