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Meaning of activate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  activate
      v 1: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction";
           "actuate the circuits" [syn: {trip}, {actuate}, {trigger},
           {activate}, {set off}, {spark off}, {spark}, {trigger off},
           {touch off}]
      2: make active or more active; "activate an old file" [ant:
         {deactivate}, {inactivate}]
      3: make more adsorptive; "activate a metal"
      4: aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that
         decompose organic matter [syn: {activate}, {aerate}]
      5: make (substances) radioactive

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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