Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Actuate

Actuate ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb

[Late Latin actuatus, past participle of actuare, from Latin actus act.]

1.
To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.
Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion. — Johnson
Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it. — Addison
2.
To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obsolete]
To actuate what you command. — Jer. Taylor

Actuate ({not transcribed}) , adjective

[Late Latin actuatus, past participle of actuare.]

Put in action; actuated. [Obsolete] — South