Definition:
- (v. i.) To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.
- (v. i.) To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (Med.), to take appropriate effect on the human system.
- (v. i.) To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
- (v. i.) 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.
- (v. i.) To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
- (v. t.) To produce, as an effect; to cause.
- (v. t.) To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine.
Compare operate with other words:
onerate vs. operate
apply vs. operate
lead vs. operate
operate vs. operated
operate vs. sperate
operate vs. perform
enact vs. operate
control vs. operate
jovial vs. operate
implement vs. operate
operate vs. switch
intervene vs. operate
direct vs. operate
develop vs. operate
execute vs. operate
inwork vs. operate
engineman vs. operate
misoperate vs. operate
operate vs. undergo
act vs. operate
exploit vs. operate
operate vs. vessel
manage vs. operate
anchor vs. operate
manipulator vs. operate
miller vs. operate
operate vs. use
bloke vs. operate
machinist vs. operate
machiner vs. operate
concession vs. operate
operate vs. unmanned
operate vs. unwieldy
operate vs. ranch
operate vs. opus
operate vs. operative
operate vs. operational
operand vs. operate
operable vs. operate
commodity vs. operate
operate vs. stock
operate vs. physical
effect vs. operate
labour vs. operate
engineer vs. operate
operate vs. sailing
operant vs. operate
manipulate vs. operate
opera vs. operate
operate vs. recalcitrant
content vs. operate
nasal vs. operate
fodder vs. operate
operate vs. turnkey
fail vs. operate
operate vs. railroad
operate vs. operator
operate vs. operation
lever vs. operate
function vs. operate
brake vs. operate
operate vs. run
drive vs. operate
operate vs. work
man vs. operate