deactuate

ac·tu·ate

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Definitions of deactuate word

verb with object deactuate to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives. 1
verb with object deactuate to put into action; start a process; turn on: to actuate a machine. 1

before 1590

One of the 37% oldest English words

1590-1600; < Medieval Latin āctuāt(us) reduced to action (past participle of āctuāre), equivalent to Latin āctu(s) (see act) + -ātus -ate1

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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