Appendix E: Action Verb List cont'd

DOE-STD-1029-92

Appendix E

Drain

Remove liquid from an enclosure or part of an enclosure, usually to empty.

Draw

To bring, take or pull out, as from a receptacle.

Energize

Provide equipment with electrical power.

Ensure

Confirm that an activity or condition has occurred in conformance with

specified requirements (by action if necessary).

Enter

To make report of, set foot in.

Equalize

To make equal or uniform.

Establish

Bring about. Take necessary actions to cause a specified set of conditions

to exist.

Estimate

Approximate the size, extent, or nature of a variable.

Evacuate

Vacate.

Evaluate

To assess; to determine the importance, size, or nature of; to appraise; to

give a value to based on collected data.

Exit

To leave or withdraw.

Expedite

To accelerate the process or progress of.

Fill

Add fluid to a system or equipment to a prescribed point.

Filter

Pass fluid through a sized medium to stop the passage of unwanted

material in the effluent.

Flush

Remove or clean with a washing action of a liquid.

Comply with an instruction.

Go to

Depart from a position in a procedure and resume at a different location in

the procedure or in a different procedure.

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