vating

  • 1-vating — Motivate Mo ti*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. { vated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { vating}.] [From {Motive}, n.] To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite. {Mo ti*va tion}, n. William James. Syn: move, prompt, incite, induce impel, drive.… …

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  • 2Motivate — Mo ti*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. { vated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { vating}.] [From {Motive}, n.] To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite. {Mo ti*va tion}, n. William James. Syn: move, prompt, incite, induce impel, drive. [Webster 1913… …

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  • 3Motivation — Motivate Mo ti*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. { vated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { vating}.] [From {Motive}, n.] To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite. {Mo ti*va tion}, n. William James. Syn: move, prompt, incite, induce impel, drive.… …

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  • 4-vated — Motivate Mo ti*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. { vated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { vating}.] [From {Motive}, n.] To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite. {Mo ti*va tion}, n. William James. Syn: move, prompt, incite, induce impel, drive.… …

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  • 5activate — verb ( vated; vating) Date: 1626 transitive verb to make active or more active: as a. (1) to make (as molecules) reactive or more reactive (2) to convert (as a provitamin) into a biologically active derivative b …

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  • 6aggravate — transitive verb ( vated; vating) Etymology: Latin aggravatus, past participle of aggravare to make heavier, from ad + gravare to burden, from gravis heavy more at grieve Date: 1530 1. obsolete a. to make heavy ; burden …

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  • 7captivate — transitive verb ( vated; vating) Date: circa 1555 1. archaic seize, capture 2. to influence and dominate by some special charm, art, or trait and with an irresistible appeal Synonyms: see attract • captivation …

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  • 8cultivate — transitive verb ( vated; vating) Etymology: Medieval Latin cultivatus, past participle of cultivare, from cultivus cultivable, from Latin cultus, past participle of colere Date: circa 1655 1. to prepare or prepare and use for the raising of… …

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  • 9denervate — transitive verb ( vated; vating) Date: 1905 to deprive of a nerve supply • denervation noun …

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  • 10estivate — also aestivate intransitive verb ( vated; vating) Date: 1626 1. to spend the summer usually at one place 2. to pass the summer in a state of torpor compare hibernate …

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