actuate

From LSJ

Βίος κέκληται δ' ὡς βίᾳ πορίζεται → Vi quia paratur vita, vita dicitur → Weil's auf gewaltsamem Streben beruht, heißt's Lebensgut

Menander, Monostichoi, 66

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verb transitive

induce: P. and V. προτρέπειν (or mid.), ἐπάγειν, πείθειν; see induce.