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单词 actuate
释义 actuate
 —actuation,  n.  
 /ak"chooh ayt'/, v.t., actuated, actuating.
  1. to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
  2. to put into action; start a process; turn on: to actuate a machine.
 [1590-1600; < ML actuat(us) reduced to action (ptp. of actuare), equiv. to L actu(s) (see ACT) + -atus -ATE1]
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