the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A bringing into action; movement.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A putting in motion or operation; communication of active energy or force.
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n. the act of propelling
Word Usage
"As a babe is without malice negatively, so you must be positively and by actuation, that is, full of love and meekness; as the babe is unresisting, so must you be docile, and so on."