actuating

/AE1 K T Y UW0 EY0 T IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.

  2. 2

    To incite to action; to motivate.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/actuate, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/actuating