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Definition
to make a machine work or cause someone to act
- That was not the phrase for such a girl as Miss Tulliver; it would have been more correct to say that she had been actuated by mere unwomanly boldness and unbridled passion.7.2 — Book 7 Chapter 2 — St. Ogg's Passes Judgment (19% in)
There are no more uses of "actuate" in The Mill on the Floss.
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