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ac·ti·vate

(ăk′tə-vāt′)

tr.v. ac·ti·vat·ed, ac·ti·vat·ing, ac·ti·vates

1. To set in motion; make active or more active.

2. To organize or create (a military unit, for example): activate the National Guard.

3. To treat (sewage) with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition.

4. Chemistry To accelerate a reaction in, as by heat.

5. Physics To make (a substance) radioactive.

6. Biology To convert (a molecule or cell) into a form that carries out a specific action: activate an enzyme; activate B cells.

ac′ti·va′tion n.

ac′ti·va′tor n.

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Noun	1.	activating - the activity of causing to have energy and be active energizing, activation activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" electrification - the activity of thrilling or markedly exciting some person or group invigoration, vivification, animation - the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something
Adj.	1.	activating - causing motion or action or change actuating causative - producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime"

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