Methodize and Actuate

(v.t.) To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a convenient manner; as, to methodize one's work or thoughts.

verb

• Put in motion or move to act.
  • usage: "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
  • synonyms: trip, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
• Give an incentive for action.
  • usage: "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
  • synonyms: motivate, propel, move, prompt, incite

• (v.t.) To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.
• (v.t.) To carry out in practice; to perform.
• (a.) Put in action; actuated.

(DoD, NATO) To operate a mine-firing mechanism by an influence or a series of influences in such a way that all the requirements of the mechanism for firing, or for registering a target count, are met.