Found 3 items, similar to actuate.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: actuate menggerakkan, menjalankan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: actuate actuate v 1: put in motion or move to act; “trigger a reaction”; “actuate the circuits” [syn: trip, trigger, activate, set off , spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off] 2: give an incentive for action; “This moved me to sacrifice my career” [syn: motivate, propel, move, prompt, incite]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Actuate Actuate \Ac"tu*ate\, a. [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare.] Put in action; actuated. [Obs.] --South. [1913 Webster] Actuate \Ac"tu*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Actuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Actuating.] [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare, fr. L. actus act.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] “To actuate what you command.” --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Syn: To move; impel; incite; rouse; instigate; animate. [1913 Webster]