OPERATE

manoeuver, maneuver, manoeuvre, operate

(verb) perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense

operate, control

(verb) handle and cause to function; “do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol”; “control the lever”

engage, mesh, lock, operate

(verb) keep engaged; “engaged the gears”

function, work, operate, go, run

(verb) 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”

operate, run

(verb) direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; “She is running a relief operation in the Sudan”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

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

(transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.

(transitive or intransitive) To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (medicine) to take appropriate effect on the human system.

(transitive or intransitive) To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.

(medicine, transitive or intransitive) 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.

(transitive or intransitive) To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.

(transitive or intransitive) To produce, as an effect; to cause.

(transitive or intransitive) To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work.

Source: Wiktionary

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Op"er*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Operated; p. pr. & vb. n. Operating.] Etym: [L. operatus, p.p. of operari to work, fr. opus, operis, work, labor; akin to Skr. apas, and also to G. üben to exercise, OHG. uoben, Icel. . Cf. Inure, Maneuver, Ure.]

1. To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, 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.)

Definition: 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]

Op"er*ate, v. t.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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