Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to actuate
Participle: actuated
Gerund: actuating
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | actuate |
| you | actuate |
| he;she;it | actuates |
| we | actuate |
| you | actuate |
| they | actuate |
Perfect
| I | have actuated |
| you | have actuated |
| he;she;it | has actuated |
| we | have actuated |
| you | have actuated |
| they | have actuated |
Past
| I | actuated |
| you | actuated |
| he;she;it | actuated |
| we | actuated |
| you | actuated |
| they | actuated |
Pluperfect
| I | had actuated |
| you | had actuated |
| he;she;it | had actuated |
| we | had actuated |
| you | had actuated |
| they | had actuated |
Future
| I | will actuate |
| you | will actuate |
| he;she;it | will actuate |
| we | will actuate |
| you | will actuate |
| they | will actuate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have actuated |
| you | will have actuated |
| he;she;it | will have actuated |
| we | will have actuated |
| you | will have actuated |
| they | will have actuated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | actuate |
| you | actuate |
| he;she;it | actuate |
| we | actuate |
| you | actuate |
| they | actuate |
Perfect
| I | have actuated |
| you | have actuated |
| he;she;it | have actuated |
| we | have actuated |
| you | have actuated |
| they | have actuated |
Imperfect
| I | actuated |
| you | actuated |
| he;she;it | actuated |
| we | actuated |
| you | actuated |
| they | actuated |
Pluperfect
| I | had actuated |
| you | had actuated |
| he;she;it | had actuated |
| we | had actuated |
| you | had actuated |
| they | had actuated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would actuate |
| you | would actuate |
| he;she;it | would actuate |
| we | would actuate |
| you | would actuate |
| they | would actuate |
Perfect
| I | would have actuated |
| you | would have actuated |
| he;she;it | would have actuated |
| we | would have actuated |
| you | would have actuated |
| they | would have actuated |
Imperative
| you | actuate |
| we | Let's actuate |
| you | actuate |
Verbs conjugated like 'actuate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'actuate'
acuate,
acquite,
activate,
acute,
acylate,
aestuate,
æstuate,
aptate,
attuite,
estuate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to encourage or persuade into action; to bring about a reaction
- abet, bring about, encourage, engender, evoke, excite, foment, goad, grill, impel, incite, induce, instigate, invoke, motivate, move, prompt, provoke, rouse, set off, spur, stir, stir up, urge, whip up
- propel
- push, drive, move, impel
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
5. Proto-Italic *agō
6. Latin agō
7. Proto-Indo-European *-tus
8. Proto-Italic *-tus
9. Latin -tus
10. Latin āctus
11. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
12. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
13. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
14. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
15. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
16. Proto-Italic *-ājō
17. Proto-Italic *-āō
18. Latin -ō
19. Latin āctuō
20. Medieval Latin āctuātusder.
21. English actuate
22. From Medieval Latin āctuātus, perfect passive participle of āctuō (“actuate, implement”), from Latin āctus, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act”).
Sample Sentences
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Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion. [November 6, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 67]
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I walk always with my right hand closed round the india-rubber ball which I have in my trouser pocket. The pressing of this ball actuates a detonator inside the flask I carry in my pocket. It's the principle of the pneumatic instantaneous shutter for a camera lens. [1906 January–October, Joseph Conrad, chapter IV, in The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Collection of British Authors; 3995), copyright edition, London: Bernhard Tauchnitz, published 1907, →OCLC, pages 68–69:]
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1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, 2. ed., London, Oxford University Press, 1973. § 11.
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A man in a fit of anger, is actuated in a very different manner from one who only thinks of that emotion.
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Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it. [1712 January 1 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “FRIDAY, December 22, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 255; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:]