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tʃuˌeɪt 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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| —vb | |
| 1. | to put into action or mechanical motion |
| 2. | to motivate or incite into action: actuated by unworthy desires |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin actuātus, from actuāre to incite to action, from Latin āctus | |
| actu'ation | |
| —n | |
| 'actuator | |
| —n | |
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