activate
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English activate From active + -ate.
- derived from -ate English activate From active + -ate
- derived from actifbor
- derived from āctīvusbor
Definitions
To encourage development or induce increased activity
To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate.
- activate the economy
To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion
To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.
- The pranksters activated the fire alarm by spraying deodorant next to it.
To render more reactive
To render more reactive; excite.
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To render a molecule reactive, active, or effective in performing its function.
To render a substance radioactive.
To hasten a chemical reaction, especially by heating.
To remove the limitations of demoware by providing a license
To remove the limitations of demoware by providing a license; to unlock.
To aerate in order to aid decomposition of organic matter.
To organize or create a military unit or station.
- A new squadron was activated.
To bring a player back after an injury.
The neighborhood
- synonymactuate
- synonymenable
- synonymget going
- synonymset going
- synonymset in motion
- synonymset off
- synonymspur
- synonymstart
- synonymstimulate
- synonymtrigger
- synonymturn on
- antonymdeactivate
- antonyminactivate
- neighboractivation
Derived
activable, activatable, activater, activate someone's almonds, activator, activatory, alloactivated, autoactivate, bioactivate, bioactivating, coactivate, coactivated, diactivated, disactivate, heteroactivate, hyperactivate, hyperactivated, hypoactivate, hypoactivated, immunoactivating, misactivate, misactivated, nonactivated, nonactivating, overactivate, overactivated, phosphoactivate, photoactivate, photoactivated, pneumoactivate, preactivate, preactivated, reactivate, subactivating, superactivate, thermoactivated, transactivate, unactivated, underactivate, underactivated
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at activate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at activate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at activate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA