[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

operate \op"erate\, v. i. 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
   g. "uben to exercise, ohg. uoben, icel. aefa. cf.
   inure, maneuver, ure.
   1. to perform a work or labor; to exert power or strength,
      physical or mechanical; to act.
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   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.
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   3. to act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power
      or influence.
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            the virtues of private persons operate but on a few.
                                                  --atterbury.
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            a plain, convincing reason operates on the mind both
            of a learned and ignorant hearer as long as they
            live.                                 --swift.
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   4. surg. 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.
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   5. to deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to
      speculative profits. brokers' cant
      1913 webster
see also:
operated operating inure maneuver ure 

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