inactuatev.

Brit.

/ɪnˈaktjʊeɪt/,

/ɪnˈaktʃʊeɪt/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈæk(t)ʃəˌweɪt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin inactuat-, inactuare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin inactuat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of inactuare (1619 or earlier) < classical Latin in- in- prefix³ + post-classical Latin actuare actuate v.

Now rare.

transitive. To make active, set in action, bring into activity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > bring into activity or activate

enter1563

inact1583

active1620

activate1624

yoke1630

animate1646

inactuate1651

to bring (also call, put) into (also in) play1799

to put onc1842

to bring on1860

mobilize1871

derepress1962

1651 tr. J. A. Comenius Nat. Philos. Reformed ii. 26 In the framing of the world, there was need, first of matter, then of a spirit to frame the matter, and lastly of light, or heat to inactuate [L. inactuante] the matter.

1651 H. More Second Lash of Alazanomastix 43 How magnificent a state is the soul of man in, when the life of God, inactuating her, shoots her along with himself through Heaven and Earth.

1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis xiv. 160 The Plastick in them is too highly awakened, to inactuate only an aerial body.

2008 I. H. Grant Philos. Nature after Schelling (new ed.) iii. 101 The more fully the ‘organized whole’ is realized, the more particularity is inactuated.

Derivatives

† inactuation n. Obsolete the process of bringing into activity; the state or condition of being active.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > condition of being active

activityc1485

operative1608

inactuation1662

the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [noun] > bringing into action

animation1605

actuation1623

inactuation1662

actuating1710

energizing1841

activation1883

activating1902

derepression1960

1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis xiii. 138 That they should be inconsistent in the supremest exercise and inactuation, is to me as probable.

1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis xiv. 145 They [sc. the creatures] were then constituted in the inactuation and exercise of their noblest and most perfect powers.

1688 R. Banks Relig & Reason adjusted App. 35 The supream Faculties were by Creation in their highest inactuation, exercise and invigoration that their Natures rendred them capable of.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	inactuate
释义	inactuatev. Brit. /ɪnˈaktjʊeɪt/, /ɪnˈaktʃʊeɪt/, U.S. /ᵻnˈæk(t)ʃəˌweɪt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin inactuat-, inactuare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin inactuat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of inactuare (1619 or earlier) < classical Latin in- in- prefix³ + post-classical Latin actuare actuate v. Now rare. transitive. To make active, set in action, bring into activity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > bring into activity or activate enter1563 inact1583 active1620 activate1624 yoke1630 animate1646 inactuate1651 to bring (also call, put) into (also in) play1799 to put onc1842 to bring on1860 mobilize1871 derepress1962 1651 tr. J. A. Comenius Nat. Philos. Reformed ii. 26 In the framing of the world, there was need, first of matter, then of a spirit to frame the matter, and lastly of light, or heat to inactuate [L. inactuante] the matter. 1651 H. More Second Lash of Alazanomastix 43 How magnificent a state is the soul of man in, when the life of God, inactuating her, shoots her along with himself through Heaven and Earth. 1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis xiv. 160 The Plastick in them is too highly awakened, to inactuate only an aerial body. 2008 I. H. Grant Philos. Nature after Schelling (new ed.) iii. 101 The more fully the ‘organized whole’ is realized, the more particularity is inactuated. Derivatives † inactuation n. Obsolete the process of bringing into activity; the state or condition of being active. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > condition of being active activityc1485 operative1608 inactuation1662 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [noun] > bringing into action animation1605 actuation1623 inactuation1662 actuating1710 energizing1841 activation1883 activating1902 derepression1960 1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis xiii. 138 That they should be inconsistent in the supremest exercise and inactuation, is to me as probable. 1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis xiv. 145 They [sc. the creatures] were then constituted in the inactuation and exercise of their noblest and most perfect powers. 1688 R. Banks Relig & Reason adjusted App. 35 The supream Faculties were by Creation in their highest inactuation, exercise and invigoration that their Natures rendred them capable of. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1651
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