Activate
Activate verb - To cause to function.
Wear
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- He must wear the necklace to activate the laser gun, but doing so corrupts him into a monster.
Source: Amulet of Dependency -
In Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep the pieces of armor that Terra, Aqua and Ven wear in their traveling clothes are used to activate the transformation into their full armor.
Source: Transformation Trinket - The cast from Senran Kagura wear their school uniforms wherever they go (unless you change their costumes), even when being on a mission, unless they activate Shinobi Transformation... besides Homura, whose transformation is to just wear wrist guards with her school uniform.
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