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actuate
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of ACTUATE
1
to cause to function <a light actuated by a motion detector> <the alarm system actuates the door locks>
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2
to set or keep in motion <hearing depends on sound vibrations that actuate the complex mechanism of that sensory organ, the ear>
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