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Activate
/ˈæktəvˌeɪt/
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Activate
verb
1.
Put in motion or move to act.
Synonyms:
actuate
,
set off
,
spark
,
spark off
,
touch off
,
trigger
,
trigger off
,
trip
.
"Actuate the circuits"
2.
Make active or more active.
3.
Make more adsorptive.
4.
Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter.
Synonym:
aerate
.
5.
Make (substances) radioactive.
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Rovald," Wass corrected. "The chance that one of your civs can
activate
and transmit from the spacer is remote, and Rovald will see that it is impossible. You have
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— Star Hunter • Andre Alice Norton
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