1) Activate 2) Get going 3) Give an incentive for action 4) Impel 5) Incite 6) Initiate 7) Move to action 8) Pioneer 9) Put in motion or move to act 10) Put into motion 11) Set into motion 12) Set off 13) Spark 14) Spark off 15) Start a process 16) To animate 17) To incite or move to action 18) To incite to action 
communicate motion to; cause
• (v. t.) To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons. • (v. t.) To carry out in practice; to perform. • (a.) Put in action; actuated.
Ac'tu·ate adjective [ Late Latin actuatus , past participle of actuare .] Put in action; actuated. [ Obsolete] South. Ac'tu·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Actuated ; present participle & verbal noun Actuating ] [ Late Latin actuatus , past participle of actuare , from Latin actus act.] 1. To put into act...
actuate 1. Put in motion or move to act. 2. To give an incentive for action.
to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives. · to put into action; start a process; turn on: to actuate a machine.
give an incentive for doing something[Intelligent words] give an incentive for doing something