have actuated
- present perfect of actuate.
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
Infernal malignity, at the first glance, seems to have actuated this intruder at the parsonage.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen
So much, then, for the motives that are alleged to have actuated me.
From The Snare by Sabatini, Rafael
The knowledge of my future intentions would have actuated this great craftsman, who would accordingly have fashioned the automaton: my influence would be objective, and his physical.
From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Huggard, E.M.
The mere desire to make a place for Enid might not have actuated Werner, granting he was the guilty man.
From The Film Mystery by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
