 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
activate
verb
1: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate
the circuits" [syn: {trip}, {actuate}, {trigger}, {set
off}, {spark off}, {spark}, {trigger off}, {touch off}]
2: make active or more active; "activate an old file" [ant: {inactivate}]
3: make more adsorptive; "activate a metal"
4: aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that
decompose organic matter [syn: {aerate}]
5: make (substances) radioactive
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Activate \Ac"ti*vate\, verb (used with an object)
To make active. [Obs.]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "activate":
accelerate, actuate, animate, arouse, atomize, awaken, bombard,
charge, cleave, contaminate, cross-bombard, energize, fission,
galvanize, get going, impel, infect, initiate, irradiate, mobilize,
motivate, move, nucleize, poison, prompt, radiumize, rally,
reactivate, recharge, remilitarize, rouse, set going,
set in motion, smash the atom, start, stimulate, stir, switch on,
trigger, turn on, wake, waken
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