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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Operate \Op"er*ate\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Operated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Operating}.] [L. operatus, p. p. of operari to work, fr. opus, operis, work, labor; akin to Skr. apas, and also to G. ["u]ben to exercise, OHG. uoben, Icel. [ae]fa. Cf. {Inure}, {Maneuver}, {Ure}.]
1. To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
2. To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (Med.), to take appropriate effect on the human system.
3. To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
The virtues of private persons operate but on a few. --Atterbury.
A plain, convincing reason operates on the mind both of a learned and ignorant hearer as long as they live. --Swift.
4. (Surg.) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.
5. To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits. [Brokers' Cant]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Operate \Op"er*ate\, verb (used with an object)
1. To produce, as an effect; to cause.
The same cause would operate a diminution of the value of stock. --A. Hamilton.
2. To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine. Operatic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verb
1: direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan" [syn: {operate}, {run}]
2: perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" [syn: {function}, {work}, {operate}, {go}, {run}] [ant: {malfunction}, {misfunction}]
3: handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever" [syn: {operate}, {control}]
4: perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense [syn: {manoeuver}, {maneuver}, {manoeuvre}, {operate}]
5: happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?"
6: keep engaged; "engaged the gears" [syn: {engage}, {mesh}, {lock}, {operate}] [ant: {disengage}, {withdraw}]
7: perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life" [syn: {operate on}, {operate}]
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