Meanings (ES + gloss)
accionar
To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
I walk always with my right hand closed round the india-rubber ball which I have in my trouser pocket. The pressing of this ball actuates a detonator inside the flask I carry in my…
Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion.
accionar
To incite to action; to motivate.
1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, 2. ed., London, Oxford University Press, 1973. § 11. A man in a fit of anger,…
Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it.