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Thesaurus: actuate

To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.

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  1. v. t. To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.
  2. v. t. To carry out in practice; to perform.
  3. a. Put in action; actuated.
  4. v. put in motion or move to act
  5. v. give an incentive for action
  6. v:100 v put in motion or move to act v give an incentive for action