transitive. Of an action, circumstance, object, etc.: to be the means by which (a person) is brought or introduced into a position, state…

transitive. To bring into action or activity; to actuate. Cf. enact, v. 4. Obsolete.

transitive. To make active; to activate.

transitive. To make (more) active; to move to activity; to initiate (a process). Also: to motivate.

transitive. Scottish. To give (a person) a task to do; to put to work; to set (a person or thing) to do something. Now somewhat rare.

transitive. To cause to move or to act; to give motion or action to. Obsolete.

transitive. To make active, set in action, bring into activity.

to bring (also call, put) into (also †in) play: to bring into operation, make active, begin to exercise. to come into (also †in) play: (chiefly of…

transitive. To bring (a device or mechanism) into action, to activate; to cause to have effect; to apply (pressure, etc.) by operating a device or…

To bring forward or into action; spec. in Cricket, to put (someone) on to bowl. So in U.S. colloquial phrase bring on your bears, a defiant…

transitive. To assemble, organize, and utilize (resources, etc.) for a particular purpose; to press into service; to adduce in support.

transitive. To cause to be no longer repressed; to activate.