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What does activate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word activate? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To put into action; to put to work.
  2. (transitive) To turn on (an electrical device).
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My car instructions warn not to activate deadlocks if people are inside, as it cannot be unlocked from inside.
Once you get the invitation via e-mail, you simply click on a weblink to activate the account.
So, when you activate the Smart Alarm as you leave your car, it will produce a succession of short beeps.
Here we will activate your sympathetic nervous system using a famous model pain stimulus: dunking your hand in ice water.
A long list of damaging agents or conditions is known to activate the synthesis of heat-shock proteins.
It has also been demonstrated that a considerable number of Chinese medicinal herbs activate the immune system.

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