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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition

ACTIVATE

verb (-vated; -vating)
Date: 1626
transitive verb to make active or more active: as, a. to make (as molecules) reactive or more reactive, to convert (as a provitamin) into a biologically active derivative, to make (a substance) radioactive, to treat (as carbon or alumina) so as to improve adsorptive properties, d. to set up or formally institute (as a military unit) with the necessary personnel and equipment, to put (an individual or unit) on active duty, intransitive verb to become active, activation noun activator noun