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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
actuate (third-person singular simple present actuates, present participle actuating, simple past and past participle actuated)
(transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
(transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.
Source: Wiktionary
Ac"tu*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Actuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Actuating.] Etym: [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare, fr. L. actus act.]
1. To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons. Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion. Johnson. Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it. Addison.
2. To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] "To actuate what you command." Jer. Taylor.
Syn.
– To move; impel; incite; rouse; instigate; animate.
Ac"tu*ate, a. Etym: [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare.]
Definition: Put in action; actuated. [Obs.] South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
