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actuate
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin ?ctu?tus, perfect passive participle of ?ctu? (“actuate, implement”), from Latin ?ctus, perfect passive participle of ag? (“do, act”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ækt?u.e?t/, /?æktju.e?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?ækt?u.e?t/
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.
- November 6, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 67
- Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion.
- November 6, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 67
- (transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.
- 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.
- Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, 2. ed., London, Oxford University Press, 1973. § 11.
Derived terms
- actuator
Related terms
- actuation
Translations
See also
- actualise, actualize
Latin
Verb
?ctu?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of ?ctu?
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vitalise
English
Alternative forms
- vitalize (American)
Etymology
vital +? -ise
Verb
vitalise (third-person singular simple present vitalises, present participle vitalising, simple past and past participle vitalised) (British spelling)
- To give life to something; to animate.
- To make more vigorous; to invigorate or stimulate.
Anagrams
- evilista, ilvaites, vasilite
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