actuated, ppl. a.
(ˈæktjuːeɪtɪd)
[f. actuate v. + -ed.]
Rendered actual, or active; put into action, moved, stirred, impelled.
| 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iv. xxvii, In Sanctitie Be actuated then. 1657 T. Reeve Plea for Nineveh 243 It doth delight me to see a bright creature come out of the slime-heap, and to see these slime-heaps such actuated Models, that they should have the whole world wait upon them, and the Creator himselfe bow down to them. 1794 Sullivan View of Nat. I. 333 All bodies loose their parts, in proportion as they are more actuated by the power of heat. 1826 Disraeli Viv. Grey iv. iv. 152 Actuated by the vilest of hatreds. |