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actuate
actuate /ˈæk.tʃu.eɪt/ /-tju-/ verb [T] SPECIALIZED OR FORMAL ↑Verb Endings for actuate
► F0 to make a machine work or be the reason a person acts in a certain way: » A detonator is actuated by heat, percussion, friction, or electricity.» He was actuated almost entirely by altruism.Thesaurus+: ↑Functioning , ↑Performing a function |