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List of meaning for actuate

to trigger a movement or action

trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off(verb)

put in motion or move to act

"trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite(verb)

give an incentive for action

"This moved me to sacrifice my career"

to cause to function a light actuated by a motion detector

the alarm system actuates the door locks

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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