actuating

Verb

actuate (third-person singular simple present actuates, present participle actuating, simple past and past participle actuated)

1. (transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
   • Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion.November 6, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 67

   Synonyms:

   get going, set in motion, set off, trigger

2. (transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.
   • A man in a fit of anger, is actuated in a very different manner from one who only thinks of that emotion.1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, 2. ed., London, Oxford University Press, 1973. § 11.

   Synonyms:

   instigate, provoke, abet, goose, fuel, light a fire under, send, sting, bring about, cheer