A rousing speech can actuate those who hear it. From LearnThat.org.
Not only does he have excellent medical credentials but he fits what Obama wants in someone who has the ability to "actuate" change. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
I know not what are the motives which actuate you. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844] Reference
His spirit, however, seemed yet to actuate the survivors. From Wordnik.com. [Great Britain and Her Queen] Reference
It is the true spirit that should actuate a Wau-Wau Girl. From Wordnik.com. [The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas] Reference
Numerous attempts to actuate the BOP have failed, MMS says. From Wordnik.com. [What's happening at the bottom of the Gulf?] Reference
It is hoped that the same sense of justice will actuate the. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
A sense of race pride seemed to stir and actuate every man. From Wordnik.com. [History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico] Reference
Therefore, bystanders went in the water to actuate the rescue. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 18, 2004] Reference
True it is there are many feelings that actuate me at this moment. From Wordnik.com. [Speeches from the Dock, Part I] Reference
He isn't dead, merely unable to actuate those parts that require fluid. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
I know the motives that actuate the most active members of the Fenian organization; and. From Wordnik.com. [Speeches from the Dock, Part I] Reference
And hereby it became a meet instrument to actuate his eternal love in all the fruits of it. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ] Reference
We can turn inward, and contemplate the motives which govern, and the views which actuate us. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons on Various Important Subjects] Reference
“When two motives may actuate a friend, we surely may try and believe in the good one,” says. From Wordnik.com. [The Newcomes] Reference
What higher ambition could actuate their endeavors -- what nobler meed of glory win their aspirations?. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Can we actuate the importance of the knowledge of man that becomes part of us through our nursing worlds?. From Wordnik.com. [Humanistic Nursing] Reference
The same spirit still continued to actuate both Council and Assembly, and the Governor lorded it over both. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
Their objects of worship at first are numerous invisible beings that actuate the things of the world, as in. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope] Reference
Catharine had no strong religious convictions to actuate her in deciding which of the two she should embrace. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
The crew is probably checking their reachability of different switches in case they need to actuate something. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 31, 2008] Reference
She moulds their habits and she transfuses into them the feelings, motives, and principles which actuate herself. From Wordnik.com. [Notable Women of Olden Time] Reference
How can I actuate my uniqueness to allow the realistic potential of my nursing profession to become, become ever more?. From Wordnik.com. [Humanistic Nursing] Reference
The magnet, A, will be combined with a registering apparatus so as to directly or indirectly actuate the printing lever. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885] Reference
Between now and the time of demobilization there is a great opportunity for us to promote the principles which actuate you. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of The American Legion] Reference
Since they themselves are only in a position to switch low currents, they serve to actuate the control circuit of the contactor. From Wordnik.com. [5. Fundamentals of installation engineering] Reference
No creature could conceive how omnipotent wisdom, power, and goodness, could actuate themselves unto the production of this effect. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ] Reference
They are influenced by the change of the characteristic quantity in the operating element and actuate electrical switching elements. From Wordnik.com. [4. Relays and control devices] Reference
A perfect scenario is the lifeguards are on duty, people are swimming in front of a lifeguard tower, and we just actuate the rescue. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 18, 2004] Reference
Mackie, in volunteering on the most desperate of all services, could have little to actuate him beyond an honourable desire for glory. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
Swapping out his hands for metal leads, he found the final enable port and transmitted the actuate charge of thirty-two modulated volts. From Wordnik.com. [Ilium]
Relays are devices which are influenced by a change of the action quantity in the driving system and actuate electrical switching elements. From Wordnik.com. [8. Protective, control and supervisory systems as important additional equipment for power installations] Reference
Moreover, it must not be forgotten that it requires a motor to actuate its fan, and everyone has not the necessary motive power in his house. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference
The infantry of India 41 would be limited to a single section to actuate a small ambush, the value of which was dubious except as an irritant. From Wordnik.com. [First Clash]
It actuates a system of bevel wheels, keyed at F, which transmit motion to two horizontal screws (hidden under the stage) that actuate the plate, H. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884] Reference
Those of us in the upper reaches of income are constantly motivated to alter our sources of income based on the net yield these actions will actuate. From Wordnik.com. [It's Big: Get Taxes Right, but What's Right?] Reference
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