operate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 References 2 Italian 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Verb 2.3 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin operatus, past participle of operari (“‘to work, labor, toil, have effect’”), from opus, operis (“‘work, labor’”).

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to operate (third-person singular simple present operates, present participle operating, simple past and past participle operated)

1. To perform a work or labour; 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.
4. (medicine) 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.
6. To produce, as an effect; to cause.
7. To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine.

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opera operable operand operant operation

operational operative operator opus

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[edit] References

• operate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• operate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] Adjective

operate pl.

1. Feminine form of operato.

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operate

1. second-person plural present tense of operare
2. second-person plural imperative of operare
3. feminine plural past participle of operare

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aeeoprt
• poetare
• poeterà