Meaning of activate | Babel Free

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1. To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate
2. To arouse to action or put in motion:actuate, animate.
3. To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable
4. to put into force or operation. The smoke activated the fire alarms. aktiveer يُشَغِّل، يُنَشِّـط активирам disparar spustit, aktivovat auslösen aktivere ενεργοποιώ, θέτω σε λειτουργία activar käivitama به کار انداختن käynnistää déclencher לְהַפעִיל सक्रिय करना aktivirati működésbe hoz menghidupkan, menggerakkan virkja, setja í gang attivare 動きを起こさせる 작동시키다 skatinti veikti, aktyvinti aktivizēt mengaktifkan activerensette i gang, aktivisere, aktivereuruchamiać په كار اچول disparar a activa, a d...
5. To render more reactive; excite
6. vt. activar, hacer activo.
7. To render a molecule reactive, active, or effective in performing its function
8. To set in motion; make active or more active.
9. To render a substance radioactive
10. To organize or create (a military unit, for example): activate the National Guard.
11. To treat (sewage) with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition.
12. Chemistry To accelerate a reaction in, as by heat.
    Chemistry
13. Physics To make (a substance) radioactive.
    Physics
14. Biology To convert (a molecule or cell) into a form that carries out a specific action: activate an enzyme; activate B cells.
    Biology
15. to make active or capable of action

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