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Definition of Actuate
1. Verb. Put in motion or move to act. "Actuate the circuits"
Causes: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Happen, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
Generic synonyms: Initiate, Pioneer
Derivative terms: Activation, Act, Actuation, Actuator, Spark, Trigger, Trip, Tripper
2. Verb. Give an incentive for action. "They actuate him to write the letter"; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
Generic synonyms: Cause, Do, Make
Related verbs: Affect, Impress, Move, Strike, Move
Derivative terms: Act, Incitation, Incitement, Motivation, Motivation, Motivation, Motivative, Motivator, Motive, Propulsion
Definition of Actuate
1. v. t. 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.
2. a. Put in action; actuated.
Definition of Actuate
1. Verb. (transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To incite to action; to motivate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Actuate
1. to set into action or motion [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Actuate
Literary usage of Actuate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"Say, ye deluded few, whom idle fear, prejudice, or treachery actuate; ye warm
advocate for a union with Britain, can idle faney picture the idea? ..."
2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1879)
"... suffice to actuate this brake. No current can pass until the weighted arms
fly oat so as to touch one of the screws in the upper frame ; electrical ..."
3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1860)
"... on the 30<A June, states in the House of Lords what had passed in regard to
the Ministerial Arrangements, and the Principles which would actuate the new ..."
4. The Chinese reader's manual: A handbook of biographical, historical by William Frederick Mayers (1874)
"Much revered by the Chinese for the wisdom and patriotism believed to actuate
his conduct, Europeans had reason to believe him inspired by feelings of ..."
5. The Political Text-book, Or Encyclopedia: Containing Everything Necessary by Michael W. Cluskey (1857)
"... cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, nnd serve to
veil, and even second, the arts of influence on the other. ..."
6. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"... no relation to any place, might therefore actuate men who were eminent for
their learning and for their profound acquaintance with matters of antiquity. ..."
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