ACTUATE
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Ac"tu*ate (&unr_;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Actuated (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Actuating (&unr_;).] [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.
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Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion.
Johnson.
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Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it.
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2. To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] “To actuate what you command.” Jer. Taylor.
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Syn. -- To move; impel; incite; rouse; instigate; animate.
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Ac"tu*ate (&unr_;), a. [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare.] Put in action; actuated. [Obs.] South.
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