hyperactivate

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verb

To cause or undergo hyperactivation

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

verbhyperactivate (third-person singular simple present hyperactivates, present participle hyperactivating, simple past and past participle hyperactivated)

present singular third person hyperactivates · participle present hyperactivating · participle past hyperactivated · past hyperactivated

  1. biologyTo cause or undergo hyperactivation

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  9. Proto-Italic*agō
  10. Latinagō
  11. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  12. Latināctīvu
  13. Old Frenchactif
  14. Middle Englishactyf
  15. Englishactive
  16. Englishactivate
  17. Englishhyperactivate

From hyper- + activate.

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Translations

Spanish hiperactivar
  • hiperactivarcause/undergo hyperactivation
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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