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actuateac‧tu‧ate /ˈæktʃueɪt/ verb [transitive] formal  actuateOrigin: 1500-1600 Medieval Latin past participle of actuare, from Latin actus; ➔ ACT1 VERB TABLEactuate |
| Present | I, you, we, they | actuate | | he, she, it | actuates | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | actuated | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have actuated | | he, she, it | has actuated | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had actuated | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will actuate | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have actuated |
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| Present | I | am actuating | | he, she, it | is actuating | | you, we, they | are actuating | | Past | I, he, she, it | was actuating | | you, we, they | were actuating | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been actuating | | he, she, it | has been actuating | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been actuating | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be actuating | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been actuating |
- an electrically actuated lock
- Additional components comprise an extra electro-hydraulic control valve to actuate fourth-to-fifth and fifth-to-fourth shifts and the extra gear set itself.
► be actuated by something- Gandhi was actuated by the belief that it was possible to achieve independence through nonviolence.
1be actuated by something to behave in a particular way because of something: He was actuated by violent jealousy.2to make a piece of machinery start to operate |