Activate

v. t.

1.

To make active.

Verb	1.	activate - put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" Synonyms: actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip
	2.	activate - make active or more active; "activate an old file" Antonyms: deactivate, inactivate - make inactive; "they deactivated the file"
	3.	activate - make more adsorptive; "activate a metal"
	4.	activate - aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter Synonyms: aerate
	5.	activate - make (substances) radioactive

accelerate, actuate, animate, arouse, atomize, awaken, bombard, charge, cleave, contaminate, cross-bombard, fission, galvanize, get going, impel, infect, initiate, irradiate, motivate, move, nucleize, poison, prompt, radiumize, rally, reactivate, recharge, remilitarize, rouse, set going, set in motion, smash the atom, stimulate, stir, switch on, trigger, turn on, wake, waken