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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
actuate
 
SYLLABICATION:ac·tu·ate
PRONUNCIATION:  kch-t
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: ac·tu·at·ed, ac·tu·at·ing, ac·tu·ates
1. To put into motion or action; activate: electrical relays that actuate the elevator's movements. 2. To move to action: a speech that actuated dissent.
ETYMOLOGY:Medieval Latin cture, ctut-, from Latin ctus, act. See act.
OTHER FORMS:actu·ation —NOUN
 
 
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