verb · transitive · rare

actuate

actuate · actuates · actuated · actuating

рухатися, діяти, переїхати

привести в действие, приводить в действие, побудить к действию, побуждать к действию

in Gang setzen, bewegen, aktivieren, motivieren

To activate, or to put into motionTo activate, or to put into motion; to animate.

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UK/ˈæktʃu.eɪt/US/ˈækt͡ʃu.eɪt/

» He was actuated by community spirit.

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
in Gang setzen, aktivieren
приводи́ть в де́йствиеprivodítʹ v déjstvije, привести́ в де́йствиеprivestí v déjstvije
put in motion or move to act
(transitive)To incite to action; to motivate.
antreiben, anstacheln, motivieren
побужда́ть к де́йствиюpobuždátʹ k déjstviju, побуди́ть к де́йствиюpobudítʹ k déjstviju
give an incentive for action

Examples

4 sentences

He was actuated by community spirit.
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He is actuated solely by ambition.
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This device is actuated by a switch.
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He gave it up finally; how could any Earthman rationalize the outlandish compulsions that actuated so alien a race?
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to activate; put into motion:

to incite to action:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to activate; put into motion:

to incite to action:

Origin

From Medieval Latin āctuātus, perfect passive participle of āctuō (“actuate, implement”),

From Medieval Latin āctuātus, perfect passive participle of āctuō (“actuate, implement”), from Latin āctus, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act”).

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