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    Ac·tu·ate
    /ˈak(t)SHəˌwāt/

    verb

  2. The meaning of ACTUATE is to put into mechanical action or motion. How to use actuate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Actuate.

  3. 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.

  4. ACTUATE definition: 1. to make a machine work or be the reason a person acts in a certain way: 2. to make a machine…. Learn more.

  5. Actuate definition: to incite or move to action; impel; motivate. See examples of ACTUATE used in a sentence.

  6. ACTUATE meaning: 1. to make a machine work or be the reason a person acts in a certain way: 2. to make a machine…. Learn more.

  7. 1. To put into motion or action; activate: electrical relays that actuate the elevator. 2. To cause to take action: a speech that actuated dissenters. [Medieval Latin āctuāre, āctuāt-, from Latin āctus, act; see act .] ac′tu·a′tion n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

  8. Definition of actuate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense actuates, present participle actuating, past tense, past participle actuated. transitive verb. If something actuates a device, the device starts working. If a person is actuated by an emotion, that emotion makes them act in a certain way.

  10. Actuate Definition. ăkcho͝o-āt. actuated, actuates, actuating. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Verb. Filter. verb. actuates. To put into motion or action; activate. Electrical relays that actuate the elevator. American Heritage. To put into action or motion. Webster's New World. To cause to take action.

  11. Actuate definition: to incite or move to action; impel; motivate. See examples of ACTUATE used in a sentence.

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