keys up (verb) actuate: start a function or action, motivate
Detalii: when something is activated, it is made active; when something is actuated, it is moved to take action (or produce a consequence)to actuate is a general word meaning 'to set working' and has more to do with mechanical action - while activate is used mainly in scientific expressions
Sinonime: aboveboard, barefaced,
candid,
direct,
forthright,
frank,
genuine,
guileless,
honorable,
just, laid on the line,
level, like it is,
mellow*,
open,
outspoken,
plain, plain-dealing, pretenseless, right-on,
sincere, square-shooting,
straight, straight-arrow, talking turkey,
truthful, unconcealed, undisguised, undissembled, undissembling,
unequivocal, unvarnished, up front,
upright, upstanding,
veraciousAntonime: deceitful,
devious,
dishonest