activate
/ˈæktɪˌveɪt/ verb B2- To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate. · activate the economy
- To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable. · The pranksters activated the fire alarm by spraying deodorant next to it.
- To render more reactive; excite.
- To render a molecule reactive, active, or effective in performing its function.
- To render a substance radioactive.
- To hasten a chemical reaction, especially by heating.
- To remove the limitations of demoware by providing a license; to unlock.
- To aerate in order to aid decomposition of organic matter.
He/she/it activates · Past activated · Past participle activated · -ing form activating
Verb forms
- Base form
- activate
- He/she/it
- activates
- Past
- activated
- Past participle
- activated
- -ing form
- activating
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Following this, your brain must undergo rule activation, turning off the cognitive rules for the previous task and activating the rules for the new one.
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