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actuate

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put in motion or move to act(verb.creation)

Example:
Actuate the circuits.

Synonym:
activate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip

source: wordnet30
give an incentive for action(verb.creation)

Synonym:
incite, motivate, move, prompt, propel

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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