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English Dictionary: activate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
activate
v
  1. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
    Synonym(s): trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
  2. make active or more active; "activate an old file"
    Antonym(s): deactivate, inactivate
  3. make more adsorptive; "activate a metal"
  4. aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
    Synonym(s): activate, aerate
  5. make (substances) radioactive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Activate \Ac"ti*vate\, v. t.
      To make active. [Obs.]
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