coactivate

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verb

To cause or to undergo coactivation.

OriginEnglish activate ← Middle English actyf ← Old French actif →
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Meanings

verbcoactivate (third-person singular simple present coactivates, present participle coactivating, simple past and past participle coactivated)

present singular third person coactivates · participle present coactivating · participle past coactivated · past coactivated

  1. To cause or to undergo coactivation.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  10. Proto-Italic*agō
  11. Latinagō
  12. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  13. Latināctīvu
  14. Old Frenchactif
  15. Middle Englishactyf
  16. Englishactive
  17. Englishactivate
  18. Englishcoactivate

From co- + activate.

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APA

coactivate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coactivate

MLA

“coactivate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coactivate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coactivate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coactivate.

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