actuation|ˌæktjuːˈeɪʃən|[n.of actionf.med.L. actuāre; see actuate and -ion¹. Actuātio may have been used inmed.L.]A communication of motion, a bringing into action, a moving, stirring up, or urging; excitement, impulse, movement.c1630JacksonCreed vi. vi.Wks.V. 63The several actuations, draughts, or replenishments, which are derived from the infinite fountain of life.1656H. JeanesFvlnesse of Christ 390The Actuation, the stirring up of our faith, which is our receiving and acceptance of Christs fulnesse.1699Burnet39 Articles ii. (1700) 51By the Indwelling and Actuation of the Soul, it has another Spring within it.1876H. MaudsleyPhysiol.Mind viii. 466The whole region of motor residua[in the nervous system]might be described generically as the department of actuation.1879GladstoneGleanings I. i. 55How the best designs are spoiled by faulty actuation.