actuate — activate, actuate Activate (17c) originally meant ‘to make active’ (as in activate the lungs). It fell out of use for a time at the end of the 19c, and was marked as obsolete in the first OED. New uses in physics, chemistry, and other branches of … Modern English usage
activate — activate, actuate Activate (17c) originally meant ‘to make active’ (as in activate the lungs). It fell out of use for a time at the end of the 19c, and was marked as obsolete in the first OED. New uses in physics, chemistry, and other branches of … Modern English usage
activate — 1 energize, *vitalize Analogous words: animate, vivify, *quicken, enliven: *stir, rouse, arouse, rally, awaken Antonyms: arrest 2 Activate, actuate, motivate are sometimes confused when used with reference to persons and the motives which govern… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
actuate — See activate. See activate, actuate … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
activate — See activate, actuate … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
actuate — 1 *move, drive, impel Analogous words: stimulate, *provoke, excite, galvanize, quicken: *stir, rouse, arouse: energize, activate, *vitalize 2 *activate, motivate Analogous words: influence, * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
actuate — index agitate (activate), bait (lure), constrain (compel), impel, induce, influence … Law dictionary
actuate — [v] start a function or action, motivate activate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, egg on*, energize, excite, fire up*, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, key up*, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, put up to*, quicken,… … New thesaurus
activate — I verb accelerate, actuate, animate, boost, drive, empower, energize, enliven, excite, excite to action, impel, initiate, intensify, launch, maintain, motivate, originate, prompt, quicken, step up, stimulate, stir, urge II index empower, launch… … Law dictionary
activate — [v] initiate something; start a function actify, actuate, arouse, call up, energize, impel, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, rouse, set in motion, start, stimulate, stir, switch on, take out of mothballs*, trigger, turn on; concept 234… … New thesaurus
