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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
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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Actuated
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
WordNet
| actuated | |
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| moved to action; "a man actuated by unworthy desired" |
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