As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
actuates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actuate
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
23 June 2025
(noun) members of a family line; “his people have been farmers for generations”; “are your people still alive?”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.