actuate
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin āctus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin āctuō Medieval Latin āctuātusder. English actuate From Medieval Latin āctuātus, perfect passive participle of āctuō (“actuate, implement”), from Latin āctus, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act”).
Definitions
To activate, or to put into motion
To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
- Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion.
To incite to action
To incite to action; to motivate.
- Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it.
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Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at actuate. 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 actuate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at actuate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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