Definition of "actuates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actuate. (verb)

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• "This spirit of migration, which grew out of the ancient manners and necessities, and sometimes operated like a blind instinct, such as actuates birds of passage, is very sufficient to account for the early habitation of the remotest parts of the earth, and in some sort also justifies that claim which has been so fondly made by almost all nations to great antiquity."
• "To continue this historical trajectory of being a highly responsive urban district, the project proposes a fish farm (works), where the future of aquaculture actuates the next transformation phase of the area."
• "I think that someone in the bank actuates all of the transfers at once - no need for individual attention to each transfer. —"