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2 definitions found 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]: actuating adj : causing motion or action or change [syn: {activating(a)}, {actuating(a)}]
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