Activate
11 definitions retrieved Activate \Ac"ti*vate\, v. t. To make active. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] activate v 1: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" [syn: trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off] 2: make active or more active; "activate an old file" [ant: deactivate, inactivate] 3: make more adsorptive; "activate a metal" 4: aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter [syn: activate, aerate] 5: make (substances) radioactive activate [æktiveit] activer causer; déterminer; entraîner des conséquences; procurer activate causare activate [æktiveit] activar causar, produzir, ser causa de activate [æktiveit] causar; instigar; maquinar; ocasionar; producir activate [æktiveit] föranleda; förorsaka; orsaka activate aktivieren; in Betrieb setzen activate erregen; aktivieren activate radioaktiv machen [phys.] 42 Moby Thesaurus words for "activate": accelerate, actuate, animate, arouse, atomize, awaken, bombard, charge, cleave, contaminate, cross-bombard, energize, fission, galvanize, get going, impel, infect, initiate, irradiate, mobilize, motivate, move, nucleize, poison, prompt, radiumize, rally, reactivate, recharge, remilitarize, rouse, set going, set in motion, smash the atom, start, stimulate, stir, switch on, trigger, turn on, wake, waken Activate related |
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