activate

pronunciation

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  • Verb:
    put in motion or move to act
    make active or more active
    make more adsorptive
    aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
    make (substances) radioactive

Word Origin

activate (v.)
1620s; see active + -ate (2). Related: Activated; activating.

Example

1. Now activate your child theme in your wordpress admin .
2. This may activate tumor suppressor genes silenced by hypermethylation .
3. They also tested payloads that could activate the immune system .
4. Helper t cells recognize processed antigen and activate the humoral immune response .
5. Prostratin is thought to activate a protein that promotes replication of the virus .

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