Associations to the word «Actuate»

Wiktionary

ACTUATE, verb. (transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
ACTUATE, verb. (transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.

Dictionary definition

ACTUATE, verb. Put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits".
ACTUATE, verb. Give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky