This week’s theme
Verbs

This week’s words
actuate
parley
impignorate
declaim
divaricate

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A.Word.A.Day

It’s true you can’t live here by chance,
you have to do and be, not simply watch
or even describe. This is the city of action,
the world headquarters of the verb.

PRONUNCIATION:

(AK-choo-ayt)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To put into motion or action; to activate; to motivate.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin actuare (to actualize), from actus (act), past participle of agere (to drive or do). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ag- (to drive, draw, or move), which also gave us act, agent, agitate, litigate, synagogue, ambassador, agonistes, ambage, axiomatic, cogent, incogitant, exigent, exiguous, and intransigent. Earliest documented use: 1594.

USAGE:

“‘President Buhari is actuated by nothing else than love for motherland.’ he said.”
Taiwo Adediran; The Presidency Called on Nigerians to Be Wary of Fake News; Royal Times (Nigeria); May 9, 2018.

See more usage examples of actuate in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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