verb [VN] (formal)
1 to make a machine or device start to work
SYNACTIVATE:
The timer must have been actuated by radio control.
2 [usuallypassive] to make sb behave in a particular way
SYNMOTIVATE:
He was actuated entirely by malice.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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