actuate

== English == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin āctuātus, perfect passive participle of āctuō (“actuate, implement”), from Latin āctus, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæktʃu.eɪt/, /ˈæktju.eɪt/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈækt͡ʃu.eɪt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈækt͡ʃʉ.æɪt/ === Verb === actuate (third-person singular simple present actuates, present participle actuating, simple past and past participle actuated) (transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate. Synonyms: get going, set in motion, set off, trigger November 6, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 67 Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion. (transitive) To incite to action; to motivate. Synonyms: instigate, provoke; see also Thesaurus:incite 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, 2. ed., London, Oxford University Press, 1973. § 11. A man in a fit of anger, is actuated in a very different manner from one who only thinks of that emotion. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === actualise, actualize == Latin == === Verb === āctuāte second-person plural present active imperative of āctuō == Spanish == === Verb === actuate second-person singular voseo imperative of actuar combined with te