Actuate

Definition: Actuate

Actuate

Verb

1. Actuate; "trigger a reaction".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "actuate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1748. (references)

Mechanical Engineering

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Synonyms: Actuate

Motive

Stimulate; (excite); spirit up, inspirit; rouse, arouse; animate, incite, foment, provoke, instigate, set on, actuate;act upon, work upon, operate upon; encourage; pat on the back, pat on the shoulder, clap on the back, clap on the shoulder.

Crosswords: Actuate

References

• Actuate Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• ACTUATE CORP.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series) (reference)

• ACTUATE CORP.: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis (Labor Productivity Series) (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Afrikaans

aandrywe (be, be washed ashore, chase, drive, drive on, impel, shoo), aandryf (be, be washed ashore, chase, drive, drive on, impel, shoo), roer (curl, froth, move, stir, whip, whirl), dryf (be adrift, chase, drift, drive, drive on, float, impel, shoo, swim), beweeg (move). (various references)

Albanian

vë në veprim (activate, bring into action), shtyj (adjourn, bring, carry over, dare, delay, detrude, dig, dispose, drive, dub, flip, goad, hang up, hold over, hustle, impel, incite, induce, instigate, jab, jog, jolt, jostle, jumble, lead on, leave over, lengthen, motivate, motive, move, postpone, pressurize, propel, push, recess, shove, thrust, trundle, urge, waive, walk), nxit (abet, arouse, begrime, bring, dare, dispose, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incendiarism, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), nxis (abet, animate, arouse, begrime, bring, challenge, dare, dispose, drive, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حث (admonish, debriefing, dub, encourage, encouragement, goad, gun, hurry, impel, incitation, incite, induce, induce to speak, inducement, interest, motivate, motivation, motive, persuade, precipitate, press, prod, prompt, prompting, propel, provocation, provoke, push on, recommend, rouse, solicit, solicitation, spur, stimulate, stimulation, stir, tempt), ‏حرك (agitate, drive, induce, jostle, mobilize, motivate, stir, toss, turn, vex, whet), ‏شغل ماكينة, ‏شغل المحرك, ‏دفع (anticipate, bleed, boost, carry, crowd, dig, disburse, drive, eject, encourage, flog, galvanize, give, impulse, instigate, jog, jostle, motivate, nuzzle, pay, pay down, payment, plank, press, prompt, propel, propulsion, push, remit, render up, repulsion, roll, rouse, shove, spur, sweep, thrust, thrusting, waft, wheel). (various references)

Bulgarian 

възбуждам (agitate, arouse, engage, enkindle, excite, ferment, heat, inflame, irritate, key up, pique, provoke, raise, set up, stimulate, sting, stir, thrill, turn on), задвижвам (roll, set off), привеждам в движение (gear, operate, power, propel, start), подтиквам (fillip, goad, help forward, hypo, impel, incite, inspire, invigorate, invite, move, prod, prompt, provoke, resolve, spur, stir up, urge on), подбуждам (abet, excite, foment, galvanize, incite, instigate, motivate, prod, prompt, provoke, raise, urge on). (various references)

Chinese 

开动 (Actuated, Actuating). (various references)

Czech

uvádìt do pohybu, pudit, pohánìt (criticize, hustle, impel, insult, propel, push), podnìcovat (foment, impel, incite, instigate, prod, promote, stimulate). (various references)

Danish

igangsaette, faktisk jordcenter,faktisk nulpunkt. (various references)

Dutch

aanzetten (abet, activate, attach, fan, fire, fur, inspire, put on, put onto, sew, sew on, sharpen, start, stimulate, stir up, switch on, swotch on, turn on, urge), aandrýven (be washed ashore, chase, drive, drive on, impel, shoo), verroeren (move), bewegen (affect, agitate, move, stir). (various references)

Faeroese

røra (curl, froth, move, stir, whip, whirl), flyta (move, transfer). (various references)

Farsi 

نشان دادن (Ante, Demonstrate, Display, Evince, Exert, Illustrate, Index, Indicate, Introduce, Point, Register, Run, Show), تحریک کردن (Agitate, Annoy, Arouse, Bestir, Edge, Egg, Excite, Fuel, Ginger, Goad, Hypo, Incense, Incite, Instigate, Motivate, Move, Pique, Prick, Prime, Provoke, Stimulate), سوق دادن (Lead, Propel, Tote), بکارانداختن (Activate, Agitate, Exercise, Operate), برانگیختن (Abet, Act, Arouse, Evince, Exacerbate, Exasperate, Excite, Heat, Impulse, Infuse, Instigate, Irritate, Nettle, Prod, Prompt, Provoke, Roust, Sick, Whet). (various references)

Finnish

liikuttaa (concern, move, stir, touch), käynnistää (start). (various references)

French

actionner (bring an action against). (various references)

Frisian

oandriuwe (chase, drive, drive on, impel, shoo), ferwege (move), bewege (move). (various references)

German

betätigen (activate, apply, bring about, effect, operate, show, throw, to actuate, to operate, work), antreiben (abet, drive, encourage, fan, fire, force, goad, hurry, hurry on, impel, inspire, instigate, move, power, propel, push, speed, speed up, spur, spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge, urge on, wash ashore, wash up, whip on, whip up). (various references)

Greek 

μεταδίνω κίνηση, ωθώ (impel, motivate, prompt, push, shove, thrust), θέτω σε κίνηση, θέτω σε λειτουργία (to bring on stream). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"פעיל (activate, bring into play, operate, ply, set in motion, start, trigger, turn on, wield, work). (various references)

Hungarian

aktivál (to activate, to active), mûködésbe hoz (operate), hatással van (impress, react, to actuate, to press, to react). (various references)

Indonesian

menjalankan (operate, run, undertake), menggerakkan (budge, motivate, move). (various references)

Italian

muovere (Bob, bring up, budge, drive, induce, move, raise, shift, stir). (various references)

Korean 

움직이십시�". (various references)

Norwegian

bevege (induce, move). (various references)

Papiamen

muf (move), move (move). (various references)

Pig Latin

actuateay

Polish

ruszać. (various references)

Portuguese

animar (animate, assure, awake, awaken, brighten, brisk, calorify, cheer, cherish, chirk, comfort, embolden, encourage, enliven, ensoul, exhilarate, flush, ginger, grandmother, hearten, heat, incite, inspire, inspirit, jazz, jolly, kittle, liven, liven up, nerve, pep, perk, propel, rally, rouse, smarten, spirit, stimulate, uphold, vitalize, vivify, warm), acionar (drive, litigate, move, operate, set, sue), accionar (bring an action against, to prosecute someone, to sue someone), mover (budge, clatter, draw, drew, drive, edge, move, propel, push, remove, saw, stir), mexer (blend, brandish, curl, disturb, fling, froth, mingle, mix, move, shuffle, stir, swing, touch, wave, whip, whirl, wiggle), instigar (call up, egg on, encourage, impel, incite, instigate, push, put, put on, rouse, set on, spur on, stimulate, tempt, urge), influenciar (bias, bring, coax, dominate, have an affect on, induce, influence, prepossess, talk, weigh), incitar (abet, arouse, awake, egg, egg on, encourage, excite, goad, halloo, impel, incite, instigate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, rouse, set on, spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge), impulsionar (boost, impel, promote, propel, push, put forward, stimulate, urge), estimular (accelerate, arouse, awake, encourage, energize, excite, exhort, fillip, flatter, flush, galvanize, impel, incite, inspire, inspirit, irritate, jog, kindle, nurture, press, promote, put forward, quicken, rouse, stimulate, stir up, urge, vivify, waken, whet). (various references)

Romanian

anima (animate, enliven, inspire, inspirit, liven, organize, quicken), activiza (activate), activa (accelerate, act, activate, dispatch, expedite, facilitate, hasten, stimulate, work), acţiona (act, do, drive, make a move, operate, proceed, Sue, work), stimula (abet, activate, brace, cheer, develop, dynamize, elate, Energize, enliven, excite, fillip, fire, gladden, goad, hop, incite, inspire, irritate, lash, motive, needle, pander to, pep, pep up, prick, prompt, propel, provoke, push, quicken, rouse, sharpen, spur, stimulate, stir up, tickle, urge, whet), pune în mişcare (bring to bear, drive, gear, move, set afoot, set agoing, set in motion, work), pune în funcţiune (crank), dinamiza (galvanize, rouse, stimulate), însufleţi (animate, enkindle, enliven, ensoul, fire, hearten, inspire, inspirit, liven, quicken, rouse, spirit), îmboldi (goad, hound on, hurry, impel, press, prompt, spur, stimulate, urge into). (various references)

Russian 

возбуждать (agitate, energize, engender, exasperate, excite, flush, galvanize, hype up, incite, inflame, innervate, kindle, lash, pique), побуждать (determine, excite, goad, impel, incite, induce, instigate, invite, motivate, prompt, provoke, resolve, spirit, spurred, stimulate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uključiti (comprise, enter, include, join, plug, plug in, turn on), staviti u pokret (bring into play, set in). (various references)

Spanish

accionar (act, apply, work), mover (Bob, budge, cause, dispose, drive, hitch, inch, jar, lead, move, nod, play, prompt, pull, roll, shake, shift, stir, sway, turn over, waft, wag, work, wriggle). (various references)

Swedish

sätta i rörelse (start), driva (bank, carry on, caulk, chase, drift, drive, drive on, force, impel, jest, operate, power, push, set on, shoo, work). (various references)

Tagalog

kumílos (move), gumaláw (move). (various references)

Turkish

işletmek (bamboozle, befool, cod, control, dupe, exploit, hoax, hornswoggle, keep, kid, manage, operate, ply, pull smb.'s leg, run, run the show, spoof, work), harekete geçirmek (activate, arouse, deploy, edge on, Energize, fillip, give a fillip to, impel, prompt, rally, set going, set in motion, spark, whack up), çalıştırmak (drill, drive, employ, exercise, have smb. on the payroll, make smth. work, make things hum, operate, power, put on, run, set to work, start, start up, switch on, task). (various references)

Ukrainian

спонукати (abet, cause, excite, impel, impulse, induce, motivate, motive, prick, prod, prompt, provoke, push on, rouse, set off, spur, urge), збуджувати (agitate, amove, animate, arouse, electrify, elevate, exalt, excite, flurry, flush, incite, innervate, key up, kindle, pique, provoke, stimulate, tense, thrill, wake, whet, wind up, work up), приводити в рух (gear, impel, operate, work), приводити в дію (power). (various references)

Welsh

ysgogi (animate, move, stir), cymell (induce, persuade, press, urge), cyffroi (agitate, arouse, bestir, disturb, excite, move, provoke, stir). (various references)

Yucatec

peeksik (move). (various references)

movere. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "actuate": actuated, actuates. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Actuate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accuate, acruate, actua, actuater, actuity, arcuata, atiate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: acuate.

-2 letters: aceta, acute, tacet, tecta.

-3 letters: acta, cate, cute, tace, tact, tate, taut, teat.

-4 letters: ace, act, ate, att, cat, cue, cut, eat, eau, ecu, eta, tae, tat, tau, tea, tet, tut, uta.

-5 letters: aa, ae, at, et, ta, ut.

+1 letter: actuated, actuates.

+3 letters: accentuate, articulate, auscultate, capitulate, catapulted, tentacular, unattached.

+4 letters: accentuated, accentuates, acculturate, acquittance, actualities, articulated, articulates, auscultated, auscultates, capitulated, capitulates, facultative, matriculate, particulate, trabeculate, uncastrated.

+5 letters: accentuating, accentuation, acculturated, acculturates, acquittances, articulately, articulative, authenticate, congratulate, cultivatable, factualities, inarticulate, matriculated, matriculates, particulates, rearticulate, recapitulate, unattractive.