— actuation , n.
/ak"chooh ayt'/ , v.t., actuated, actuating .
1. to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
2. to put into action; start a process; turn on: to actuate a machine.
[ 1590-1600; actuat ( us ) reduced to action (ptp. of actuare ), equiv. to L actu ( s ) (see ACT) + -atus -ATE 1 ]