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Synonyms for actuate

to arouse to action or put in motion

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to set or keep going

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Synonyms for actuate

give an incentive for action

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Here a bank of stock builds to a level where a sensor actuates the vertically oriented rollers to counter rotate and draw in the bank to begin the sheeting process.
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