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Adjective actuating has 1 sense
- activating, actuating - causing motion or action or change
Antonyms: noncausative, noncausal (indirect, via causative)
Verb actuate has 2 senses
- trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off - put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
--1 is one way to initiate, pioneer
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite - give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
--2 is one way to cause, do, make
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
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