v. Obs. [f. ACTIVE a. + -ATE3. Cf. captiv-ate, and mod. Fr. activer.] To make active, move to activity. Cf. ACTUATE.
1626. Bacon, Sylva, § 83. For as Snow and Ice especially, being holpen and their cold Activated by nitre or salt, will turn water into Ice and that in a few hours.
1642. Bp. Montagu, Acts & Mon., 190. I cannot see that he would consent with Ambrose, that they [the Sibyls] were activated by the Deuill.
1673. O. Walker, Education (1677), 124. This warms and activates the spirit in the search of truth.
