activating

Variant of activate

activate definition

ac·ti·vate (ak′tə vāt′)

transitive verb activated -·vat′ed, activating -·vat′·ing

  1. to make active; cause to engage in activity
  2. to put (an inactive military unit) on an active status by assigning personnel, equipment, etc. to it
  3. to make radioactive
  4. to make capable of reacting or of accelerating a chemical reaction
  5. to treat (sewage) with air so that aerobes will become active in it, thus purifying it

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