activating

ac·ti·vate

A0070600 (ăk′tə-vāt′)tr.v. ac·ti·vat·ed, ac·ti·vat·ing, ac·ti·vates 1. To set in motion; make active or more active.2. To organize or create (a military unit, for example): activate the National Guard.3. To treat (sewage) with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition.4. Chemistry To accelerate a reaction in, as by heat.5. Physics To make (a substance) radioactive.6. Biology To convert (a molecule or cell) into a form that carries out a specific action: activate an enzyme; activate B cells.

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ac′ti·va′tion n.ac′ti·va′tor n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	activating - the activity of causing to have energy and be activeenergizing, activationactivity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"electrification - the activity of thrilling or markedly exciting some person or groupinvigoration, vivification, animation - the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something
Adj.	1.	activating - causing motion or action or change actuatingcausative - producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime"