actuate
verb (used with object)
have actuated
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present perfectof actuate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A desperate sense of humor, clutching at whatever pleasing it could find in the sullen array of 'social protest' and of drab 'American scene,' seems to have actuated the prize-awarding jurors.
From Time Magazine Archive
It cannot be denied that the French government rendered timely and essential aid to the United States in their struggle with Great Britain, for which Americans should be grateful, whatever motives may have actuated it.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11 American Founders by John Lord
But the same generous spirit which prevented it in the one case, would, it is more than probable, have actuated him in the other.
From A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade by William Dobein James
So much, then, for the motives that are alleged to have actuated me.
From The Snare by Rafael Sabatini
Whatever the quality of your enjoyment or happiness may be, you have patterned it by your life motive by the spirit in which you have worked, by the principles which have actuated you.
From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
