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actuation|ˌæktjuːˈeɪʃən|
[n. of action f. med.L. actuāre; see actuate and -ion1. Actuātio may have been used in med.L.]
A communication of motion, a bringing into action, a moving, stirring up, or urging; excitement, impulse, movement.
c1630Jackson Creed vi. vi. Wks. V. 63 The several actuations, draughts, or replenishments, which are derived from the infinite fountain of life. 1656H. Jeanes Fvlnesse of Christ 390 The Actuation, the stirring up of our faith, which is our receiving and acceptance of Christs fulnesse. 1699Burnet 39 Articles ii. (1700) 51 By the Indwelling and Actuation of the Soul, it has another Spring within it. 1876H. Maudsley Physiol. Mind viii. 466 The whole region of motor residua [in the nervous system] might be described generically as the department of actuation. 1879Gladstone Gleanings I. i. 55 How the best designs are spoiled by faulty actuation. |