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Thursday, December 26, 2013

The Meaning of Actuate



Actuate

The time has come to contemplate
The two meanings of Actuate
The first to cause to act or to impel,
For example you might say
“My need to throw my socks away
Was actuated by their dreadful smell!”

But another implication
Is the one of activation
Like when pushing the “on switch” on a thing,
So instead of activating
You could say, “I’m actuating
My cell phone in case someone tries to ring”


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