Usually means: Causes a mechanism to operate.
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  1. actuates: Merriam-Webster
  2. actuates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. actuates: Vocabulary.com
  4. Actuate's, actuates: Wordnik
  5. actuates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. actuates: Wiktionary
  7. actuates: Dictionary.com
  8. actuates: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. actuates: Legal dictionary

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  1. actuates: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (actuate)

verb:  (transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
verb:  (transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.
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