Lexic.us

Definition of Activate

1. Verb. Put in motion or move to act. "Actuate the circuits"

2. Verb. Make active or more active. "Activate an old file"

3. Verb. Make more adsorptive. "Activate a metal"

4. Verb. Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter.

5. Verb. Make (substances) radioactive.

Definition of Activate

1. v. t. To make active.

Definition of Activate

1. Verb. To put into action, to put to work. ¹

2. Verb. To turn on. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Activate

1. to set in motion [v -VATED, -VATING, -VATES]

Medical Definition of Activate

1. 1. To render activity. 2. To become active. 3. To convert (a compound, as a provitamin or enzyme) into an active form or different compound, especially. Into one that has a particular biological action (for example ergosterol by irradiation to vitamin D2 for use in treating rickets). (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Activate

actionee actionees actioner actioners actionfest actionfests actioning actionisms actionless actions

actions speak louder than words activable activase activatability activatable activate (current term) activated activated acetaldehyde activated amino acid activated atom

activated carbon activated carboxylic acid activated charcoal activated choline activated clotting time activated complex activated fatty acid activated glucose activated macrophage activated partial thromboplastin time

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