Definition of operate

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Operate (v. i.) To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.

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Nasal :: Nasal (n.) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
Cooperate :: Cooperate (v. i.) To act or operate jointly with another or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect..
Ricochet :: Ricochet (v. t.) To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n..
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner..
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar..
Scalp :: Scalp (v. i.) To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account..
Hand :: Hand (v. i.) To cooperate.
Slide :: Slide (n.) That which operates by sliding.
Feeder :: Feeder (n.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.
Atmospherical :: Atmospherical (a.) Caused, or operated on, by the atmosphere; as, an atmospheric effect; an atmospheric engine..
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..
Ecraseur :: Ecraseur (n.) An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows..
Catheterize :: Catheterize (v. t.) To operate on with a catheter.
Cooperated :: Cooperated (imp. & p. p.) of Cooperat.
Operate :: Operate (v. i.) To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act..
Drawboy :: Drawboy (n.) A boy who operates the harness cords of a hand loom; also, a part of power loom that performs the same office..
Semaphorist :: Semaphorist (n.) One who manages or operates a semaphore.
Operative :: Operative (n.) A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory..
Dieresis :: Dieresis (n.) A mark consisting of two dots [/], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, cooperate, aerial..
Bull :: Bull (n.) One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear, n., 5..
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