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ac·tu·ate  (kch-t)
tr.v. ac·tu·at·ed, ac·tu·at·ing, ac·tu·ates
1. To put into motion or action; activate: electrical relays that actuate the elevator's movements.
2. To move to action: a speech that actuated dissent.
[Medieval Latin cture, ctut-, from Latin ctus, act; see act.]
actu·ation n.
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Adj.1.actuating - causing motion or action or change
activating
causative - producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime"


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But the very obscurity of actuating motives drove me on and I stepped out through the doorway muttering: "Everything is as Madame wishes it.
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In many instances, the conviction of religious obligation formed one and a powerful inducement of the adventures; but in none, excepting the settlement at Plymouth, did they constitute the sole and exclusive actuating cause.
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