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Definition of Actuates
1. actuate [v] - See also: actuate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Actuates
Literary usage of Actuates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Correspondence of King George the Third with Lord North from 1768 to 1783 by George (1867)
"tainly very agreable; if timidity actuates the French court to delay taking an
open hostile part, some good success in North America is likely to make her ..."
2. Select Discourses by John Smith, Simon Patrick, John Worthington (1821)
"Where the true spirit of religion is, it informs and actuates the whole man, it
will not be confined, but will be absolute within us, and not suffer any ..."
3. The Electrical Engineer (1893)
"... right of the operator, and actuates an electrical switch, which is enclosed
in a watertight box fixed to the frame of the winch. Fio. 9.—Electric Winch. ..."
4. The English Universities: From the German of V. A. Huber by Victor Aimé Huber (1843)
"Reflections on the Principle which actuates Corporations. The inconsistency of
such conduct disappears, if we judge of it from the ideas and wants of the ..."
5. The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopædia: Comprehending Practical by Luke Hebert (1848)
"The horizontal wheel e worked by d actuates the shaft c bearing the knives ID
the pug mill. At the lower end of the shaft c is fixed the large circular ..."
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