Hypertext Webster Gateway: "activate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Activate \Ac"ti*vate\, v. t.
To make active. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
activate
v 1: actuate; "trigger a reaction" [syn: {trip}, {actuate}, {trigger},
{set off}, {spark off}, {spark}, {trigger off}, {touch
off}]
2: make active or more active; "activate an old file" [ant: {inactivate}]
3: make more adsorptive; of metals
4: aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that
decompose organic matter [syn: {aerate}]
5: make (substances) radioactive
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