actuate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Medieval Latin āctuātus, perfect passive participle of āctuō (“actuate, implement”), from Latin āctus, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈæktʃu.eɪt/, /ˈæktju.eɪt/, SAMPA: /"{ktSu.eIt/, /"{ktju.eIt/
- (US) IPA: /ˈæktʃu.eɪt/, SAMPA: /"{ktSu.eIt/
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[edit] Verb
actuate (third-person singular simple present actuates, present participle actuating, simple past and past participle actuated)
- (transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
- (transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.
- 1748. HUME, David Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 11.
- A man in a fit of anger, is actuated in a very different manner from one who only thinks of that emotion.
- 1748. HUME, David Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 11.
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to activate; put into motion
to incite to action
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Verb
āctuāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of āctuō
