In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OPERATED
Verb
operated
simple past tense and past participle of operate
Adjective
operated (comparative more operated, superlative most operated)
(in combination) operated by the means specified e.g. a battery-operated toy
having undergone an operation
Source: Wiktionary
OPERATE
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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