To actuate is to put into motion. The "act" in actuate can remind you of this word's meaning to put into action. A lever might actuate a pump, or malice might actuate a crime.
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.
Verb
put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
Verb
give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To carry out in practice; to perform.
a.
Put in action; actuated.
Actuate
Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion.
Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it.2.
Actuate
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.
Put in action; actuated.
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