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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 1.6 [wn]:
actuated
adj : moved to action "a man actuated by unworthy desired"
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