Definitions for activate

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activate ac·ti·vate

Spelling: [ak-tuh-veyt]

IPA: /ˈæk təˌveɪt/

Activate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 157 anagrams from letters in activate (aaceittv).

Definitions for activate

verb (used with object)

1. to make active; cause to function or act.
2. Physics. to render more reactive; excite: to induce radioactivity.
3. to aerate (sewage) in order to accelerate decomposition of impure organic matter by microorganisms.
4. Chemistry. to make (carbon, a catalyst, molecules, etc.) more active. to hasten (reactions) by various means, as heating.
5. to place (a military unit or station) on an active status in an assigned capacity.

Origin of activate

First recorded in 1620-30; active + -ate¹

Examples for activate

Made from a Chinese root, TA-65 helps to activate telomerase, which rebuilds the strands.

Perry will home in on the darkest corners of the Tea Party mind and work relentlessly to activate the demons that lurk there.

The males are few in number and lack the power to activate the disks.

It seemed to activate some hidden response in her, for she glowed with tenderness.

Feedback will be to a master control servo that'll activate the heater or cooler.

We now know that both of the so-called printer bombs employed circuit boards from cellphones to activate the detonators.

And, remember, if it becomes necessary, I can activate the manacle.

The manager responded by directing the first teller to call the police and activate the alarm.

I read a study not long ago that chewing actually does activate your brain.

It could be induced to go into action and to activate the other plasmoids.