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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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