 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
actuate
verb
1: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate
the circuits" [syn: {trip}, {trigger}, {activate}, {set
off}, {spark off}, {spark}, {trigger off}, {touch off}]
2: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my
career" [syn: {motivate}, {propel}, {move}, {prompt}, {incite}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Actuate \Ac"tu*ate\, adjective [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare.]
Put in action; actuated. [Obs.] --South.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Actuate \Ac"tu*ate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Actuated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Actuating}.] [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare, fr. L.
actus act.]
1. To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action;
to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more
commonly used of persons.
Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by
the perpetual motion. --Johnson.
Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with
ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow
minds are the least actuated by it. --Addison.
2. To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] ''To actuate
what you command.'' --Jer. Taylor.
Syn: To move; impel; incite; rouse; instigate; animate.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "actuate":
animate, arouse, circulate, compel, drive, drive on, energize,
excite, force, forward, foster, galvanize, give an impetus,
give momentum, goad, impel, incite, mobilize, motivate, move,
move to action, nudge, power, promote, propel, provoke, push,
put in motion, rouse, set agoing, set going, set in motion,
set off, shove, spark, stimulate, stir, thrust, vitalize,
whip on
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