actuate

verbB1

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verb
V_es/s
actuates
V_ing/Gerund
actuating
V_ed/pp
actuated
  1. 1.

    (transitive)To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.

    Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion.

    Đồng nghĩa: get going, set in motion, set off, trigger

  2. 2.

    (transitive)To incite to action; to motivate.

    1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, 2. ed., London, Oxford University Press, 1973. § 11. A man in a fit of anger, is actuated in a very different manner from one who only thinks of that emotion.

    Đồng nghĩa: instigate, provoke, abet, actuate, goose, light a fire under, send, sting, bring about, cheer, draw, drive, encourage, egg on, engender, evoke, excite, foment, goad, grill, ignite, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, invoke, lash, motive, motivate, move, obligate, oblige, push, promote, prompt, provoke, rouse, set off, spark off, spur, spur on, stimulate, stir, stir up, stoke, tempt, urge, whet, whip up

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

get goingset in motionset offtriggerinstigateprovokeabetgooselight a fire undersendstingbring aboutcheerdrawdriveencourageegg onengenderevokeexcite

Cùng gốc / liên quan

actualiseactualizeactualise, actualize

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Nguồn gốc từ

From āctuātus, perfect passive participle of āctuō (actuate, implement), from Latin āctus, perfect passive participle of agō (do, act).

Nguồn dữ liệu: freedict, dictionary, wiktionary · cập nhật 16/8/2026

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