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Activate

Activate Meaning & Definition
Activate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Activate?

[v] make active or more active; "activate an old file"
[v] make (substances) radioactive
[v] aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
[v] make more adsorptive; of metals
[v] put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Activate: actuate | aerate | set off | spark | spark off | touch off | trigger | trigger off | trip

Related Terms | Find terms related to Activate: accelerate | actuate | animate | arouse | atomize | awaken | bombard | charge | cleave | contaminate | cross-bombard | energize | fission | galvanize | get going | impel | infect | initiate | irradiate | mobilize | motivate | move | nucleize | poison | prompt | radiumize | rally | reactivate | recharge | remilitarize | rouse | set going | set in motion | smash the atom | start | stimulate | stir | switch on | trigger | turn on | wake | waken

See Also | alter | change | come about | go on | hap | happen | initiate | occur | pass | pass off | pioneer | reactivate | take place

Activate In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac"ti*vate\, v. t. To make active. [Obs.]

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