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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  actuating \actuating\ adj. prenom.
     1. causing motion or action or change
  
     Syn: activating(prenominal)
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Actuate \Ac"tu*ate\, v. t. [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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by
              the perpetual motion.                 --Johnson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] ``To actuate
        what you command.'' --Jer. Taylor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To move; impel; incite; rouse; instigate; animate.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Actuate \Ac"tu*ate\, v. t. [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 WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  actuating
       adj : causing motion or action or change [syn: activating(a), actuating(a)]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  actuating
     vb.
     (present participle of en actuate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  actuating
     vb.
     (present participle of en actuate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  actuating
     vb.
     (present participle of en actuate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  actuating
     vb.
     (present participle of en actuate nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  actuating
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm a ctuat ing e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  actuating
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en actuate ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb actuate)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Actuating /ˈaktʃuːˌeɪtɪŋ/
  التّشغيل

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  actuating /ˈaktʃuːˌeɪtɪŋ/
  hnací

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  actuating /ˈaktʃuːˌeɪtɪŋ/
  ovládací

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  actuating /ˈaktʃuːˌeɪtɪŋ/
  anwerfend, in Gang bringend
   see: actuate, actuated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  actuating /ˈaktʃuːˌeɪtɪŋ/
  betätigend, auslösend, drückend
   see: actuate, actuated
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  actuating /ˈaktʃuːˌeɪtɪŋ/
  izvršni, pobudni, pobuđujući, pogonski, pokretački

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  actuating /ˈaktʃuːˌeɪtɪŋ/
  1. indító
  2. ösztönzô
  3. mozgató
  4. hajtó
  5. vezérlô

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