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actuate

Actuate is the act of putting something into motion. (verb)

An example of actuate is a tweeting bird popping out of a cu-cu clock as it strikes the hour.

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See actuate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See actuate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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