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Activated   /ˈæktəvˌeɪtəd/  /ˈæktɪvˌeɪtɪd/   Listen
Activated

adjective
1.
(of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition.
2.
(of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive.  Synonym: excited.
3.
Rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive.
4.
(military) set up and placed on active assignment.


Activate

verb
1.
Put in motion or move to act.  Synonyms: actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip.  "Actuate the circuits"
2.
Make active or more active.  Antonym: inactivate.
3.
Make more adsorptive.
4.
Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter.  Synonym: aerate.
5.
Make (substances) radioactive.



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"Activated" Quotes from Famous Books



... announcement, Alan activated the autopilot and nudged the button that transformed his seat into a protective acceleration cradle. His seat dropped down, and Alan found himself stretched out, swinging gently back and forth in ...
— Starman's Quest • Robert Silverberg
... the same language as the relative handful of trained men who built and operated the unbelievably intricate robomachinery which activated and maintained the complex ...
— DP • Arthur Dekker Savage
... glowed like a coal of fire; all around were the green pinpricks of light that showed the position of other bodies around us. The Kabit, while comparatively close, was just barely visible; her bulk was so small that it only faintly activated the super-radio reflex plates upon the ...
— The Terror from the Depths • Sewell Peaslee Wright
... The change in the tannin results in the white (criollo) beans becoming brown and the purple (forastero) beans becoming tinged with brown. The action resembles the browning of a freshly-cut apple, and has been shown to be due to oxygen (activated by an oxidase, a ferment encouraging combination with oxygen) acting on the astringent colourless substance, which, like the photographic developer, pyrogallic acid, becomes brown ...
— Cocoa and Chocolate - Their History from Plantation to Consumer • Arthur W. Knapp


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