▪ I. actuating, vbl. n.
(ˈæktjuːeɪtɪŋ)
[f. actuate v. + -ing1.]
† a. Reducing to action, carrying out in actual practice. b. Moving to action, impelling, animating. (Now mostly gerundial.)
| 1645 Bp. Hall Content. 132 Certain firm resolutions for the full actuating our contentment. c 1680 P. Sterry Wks. II. 226 The actuating of this in the real Performance, the making of it actual on us, in our own Persons, is then when we are New-born. |
▪ II. actuating, ppl. a.
(ˈæktjuːeɪtɪŋ)
[f. actuate v. + -ing2.]
Moving, inspiring, influencing.
| 1659 Gentleman's Calling (1696) 2 That actuating power, which should set them on work. c 1746 J. Hervey Medit. & Contempl. (1818) 79 Having his will for thy rule, his glory for thy aim, and his Holy Spirit for thy ever-actuating principle. 1861 A. Geikie E. Forbes x. 288 Vanity was not the only actuating motive. |