ALL meanings of activates
ac·ti·vate
A a - noun activates Third-person singular simple present indicative form of activate. 1
- verb with object activates to make active; cause to function or act. 1
- verb with object activates Physics. to render more reactive; excite: to activate a molecule. to induce radioactivity. 1
- verb with object activates to aerate (sewage) in order to accelerate decomposition of impure organic matter by microorganisms. 1
- verb with object activates Chemistry. to make (carbon, a catalyst, molecules, etc.) more active. to hasten (reactions) by various means, as heating. 1
- verb with object activates to place (a military unit or station) on an active status in an assigned capacity. 1