Definition of activates Activates
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What does activates mean?
Part of speech
🔤- activates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of activate (infinitive).
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| activate - make active or more active; "activate an old file" | ||
| deactivate, inactivate remove from active military status or reassign; "The men were deactivated after five years of service" | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| reactivate activate (an old file) anew | ||
| activate - aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter | ||
| aerate | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| activate - make (substances) radioactive | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| activate - make more adsorptive; "activate a metal" | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| activate - put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" | ||
| trip, actuate, trigger, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off | ||
| pioneer, initiate open up and explore a new area; "pioneer space" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- activate (v. t.)
To make active.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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activate
To put into force or operation.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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activate
ak′ti-vāt, v.t. (Bacon) to make active:—pr.p. ac′tivāting; pa.p. ac′tivāted
Part of speech
🔤- activate, verb, present, 1st person singular of activate (infinitive).
- activate, verb (infinitive).
