"activate" meaning in All languages combined

See activate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈæktɪˌveɪt/ Audio: en-us-activate.ogg [US] Forms: activate [canonical], activates [third-person, singular], activated [past], activated [past, participle], activating [present, participle]
Etymology: active + -ate Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|active|ate}} active + -ate Head templates: {{verb|activat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To activate means to make something active.
    Sense id: simple-activate-en-verb-fZcMsA2E
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ate
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