| Operate (operate) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Op"er*ate |
| [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 perform a work or labor; to
exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.
To produce an appropriate physical effect;
to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (Med.),
to take appropriate effect on the human system.
To act or produce effect on the mind; to
exert moral power or influence.
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.
To deal in stocks or any commodity with a
view to speculative profits.
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| Operate (operate) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Op"er*ate |
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To produce, as an effect; to cause.
To put into, or to continue in, operation
or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine.
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