According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
ACTUATES
Verb
actuates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actuate
Source: Wiktionary
ACTUATE
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
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