单词 | actuating |
释义 | actuatingn.ΚΠ 1631 W. Twisse Discov. D. Iacksons Vanitie ix. 362 His sinne was the actuating of his naturall indifferency to the doing of any naturall thing. 1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy 47 The exercise, and the actuating of this capacity they had from the Apostles. a1672 P. Sterry Appearance of God to Man in Gospel (1710) 226 The Actuating of this in the real Performance, the making of it actual on us, in our own Persons, is then, when we are New-born. 2. Movement, animation, impulse; activation, operation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [noun] > bringing into action animation1605 actuation1623 inactuation1662 actuating1710 energizing1841 activation1883 activating1902 derepression1960 1710 J. Humfrey Free Thoughts upon Heads 47 The actuating of all does lie in the Operation of the Spirit on our Hearts in this Duty. 1828 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 14 4 By applying the mechanical force or power of air or water to the paddles, the actuating of machinery may be effected. 1903 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 14 107 I have since elaborated this air-compressor [for]..the actuating of bottles, organ-pipes, reed-boxes, Quincke tubes, the Galton whistle and like instruments. 1990 S. Sternberg et al. in M. Jeannerod Attention & Performance XIII. 7 Such actuating of subprograms proceeds recursively until first-level nodes are reached. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). actuatingadj. That animates or inspires; that motivates, moves, or influences; that activates or impels. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [adjective] > bringing into action animalizing1617 bestirring1628 actuating1631 turn-on1967 the mind > emotion > excitement > inspiration > [adjective] > inspiring actuating1631 spiriting1671 inspiring1716 inspirative1797 inspirating1809 inspirational1884 1631 R. Fludd Answer vnto M. Foster iii. i. 13 The viuifying and actuating Spirit. 1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 2 That actuating power, which should set them on work. c1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 79 Having his will for thy rule, his glory for thy aim, and his Holy Spirit for thy ever-actuating principle. 1794 R. Nares Disc. preached Lincoln's-Inn v. 75 We see..less and less evidence of mind and spirit, till at last we come to mere bodies destitute of all spiritual being; of all internal, actuating power. 1808 Port Folio 1 Oct. 220/2 We will not fill the pages of The Port Folio with that which when exceeding defensive retort, can have no other actuating motive than malice. 1861 A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes x. 288 Vanity was not the only actuating motive. 1906 Times 24 July 3/2 A lust for blood is the actuating principle of modern society. 1955 Winona (Minnesota) Daily News 21 June 4/5 Thermostats..seldom fail in the closed position because many of them are spring-loaded to open completely in case the actuating mechanism fails. 2002 R. Falkin in M. Mozaffari Globalization & Civilizations 62 A further actuating circumstance is the emergence of global problems that can only be solved by the logic of collective action. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1631adj.1631 |
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