Activate and Imbue

Activate

Activate verb - To cause to function.

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Imbue and activate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Imbue" instead a verb "Activate".

Imbue verb - To cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle.

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Activate and imbue are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Activate" instead a verb "Imbue".

Nearby Word: imbuing

move	activate move	imbue move
attack	activate attack	imbue attack
effect	activate effect	imbue effect
spell	activate spell	imbue spell
Other words: effects, cards, ring, weapon, items, armor, elements, attacks, weapons, abilities, superpowers.

Marvel's radiation seems to imbue, activate or catalyze superpowers if you happen to be a main character.

Source: Artistic License Physics
He does not keep the Elemental Reavers between Soul Reaver 2 and Defiance, but Word of God gives a Hand Wave that this is because Raziel originally needed to imbue the Reaver in an elemental forge to activate its Elemental Powers, and the Elder God destroyed the forges between the two games.

Source: Video Game / Legacy of Kain

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