Stumbled upon this in an unrelated context, that's the term I was looking for! - [Definition](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/actuate) - [Example](https://github.com/pyblish/pyblish-lite/blob/6bcda8a69ad21e749d2b7f7e7fbc9518e8ad2f97/pyblish_lite/control.py#L35) "act" just doesn't cut it.