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


  Actuate \Ac"tu*ate\, a. [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare.]
     Put in action; actuated. [Obs.] --South.
     [1913 Webster]

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


  Actuate \Ac"tu*ate\, a. [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare.]
     Put in action; actuated. [Obs.] --South.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  actuate
       v 1: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate
            the circuits" [syn: trip, trigger, activate, set
            off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off]
       2: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my
          career" [syn: motivate, propel, move, prompt, incite]

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


  actuate
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 (μτβ) ενεργοποιώ, κινητοποιώ
     2 (μτβ) κινώ, παρακινώ κάποιον σε μια πράξη ή ενέργεια

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


  actuate
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: actuar<ú>)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
     2 (lb en transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.

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


  actuate
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
     2 (lb en transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.

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


  actuate
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: actuar<ú>)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
     2 (lb en transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.

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


  actuate
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: actuar<ú>)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
     2 (lb en transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.

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


  actuate
     Englanti vb.
     liikuttaa

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


  actuate
     Latin vb.
     (böjning la verb āctuō)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  actuate /ˈaktʃuːˌeɪt/
  1. beweeg, roer
  2. aandryf, aandrywe, dryf

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


  Actuate /ˈaktʃuːˌeɪt/
  شغّل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  actuate //ˈæktju.eɪt// //ˈæktʃu.eɪt// //ˈækt͡ʃu.eɪt// 
  1. възбуждам, задвижвам
  to activate; put into motion
  2. подбуждам към действие
  to incite to action