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activate
OXFORD DICTIONARY
activate, v.tr.
1 make active; bring into action.
2 Chem. cause reaction in; excite (a substance, molecules, etc.).
3 Physics make radioactive.
1 make active; bring into action.
2 Chem. cause reaction in; excite (a substance, molecules, etc.).
3 Physics make radioactive.
Idiom
activated carbon carbon, esp. charcoal, treated to increase its adsorptive power. activated sludge aerated sewage containing aerobic bacteria.
Derivative
activation n. activator n.
THESAURUS
activate
accelerate, actuate, animate, arouse, atomize, awaken, bombard, charge, cleave, contaminate, cross-bombard, energize, fission, galvanize, get going, impel, infect, initiate, irradiate, mobilize, motivate, move, nucleize, poison, prompt, radiumize, rally, reactivate, recharge, remilitarize, rouse, set going, set in motion, smash the atom, start, stimulate, stir, switch on, trigger, turn on, wake, wakenFor further exploring for "activate" in Webster Dictionary Online