Definition of operate

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Operate (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..

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Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner..
Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To work; to operate; as, to serve the guns..
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar..
Onager :: Onager (n.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery..
Cooperated :: Cooperated (imp. & p. p.) of Cooperat.
Manipulate :: Manipulate (v. t.) To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus..
Work :: Work (n.) Hence, in a general sense, to operate; to act; to perform; as, a machine works well..
Work :: Work (n.) To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic..
Operative :: Operative (n.) A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory..
Operate :: Operate (v. t.) To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine..
Incentive :: Incentive (n.) That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action..
Air Brake :: Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air.
Fascinate :: Fascinate (v. t.) To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..
Siren :: Siren (n.) An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog.
Key :: Key (n.) An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place..
Proceed :: Proceed (v. i.) To have application or effect; to operate.
Dynamometer :: Dynamometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery..
Crown-saw :: Crown-saw (n.) A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on the end or edge, and operated by a rotative motion..
Butteris :: Butteris (n.) A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses..
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