Both Uses of
actuate
in
Gone with the Wind
- And though his questions were unpleasantly blunt, they seemed actuated by a friendly interest.†
Chpt 4.36 *
- To the credit of the negroes, including the least intelligent of them, few were actuated by malice and those few had usually been "mean niggers" even in slave days.†
Chpt 4.37
Definition:
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(actuate) to make a machine work or cause someone to act