Word
Operate
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
op-er-ate
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.
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