operate
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
operate/ˈɒpəreɪt/
▶verb
- 1 (with reference to a machine, process, etc.) function or control the functioning of: market forces were allowed to operate freely.
- 2 (with reference to an organization) manage or be managed and run.
■ (of an armed force) conduct military activities.
- 3 be in effect.
- 4 perform a surgical operation.
– origin C17: from L. operat-, operari, from opus, oper- ‘work’.
'operate' also found in these Oxford entries:
actuate
- bias
- bi-wiring
- button
- cabotage
- cooperate
- craniotomy
- crew
- delicense
- drive
- function
- grind
- hang
- hobday
- interoperable
- jetton
- key
- lever
- load
- machine
- man
- motorize
- network
- operand
- patch
- pig
- press
- process
- race
- railcar
- ratchet
- run
- serve
- setting
- speed
- spring
- stand-alone
- start
- steam
- stiff
- submarine
- submersible
- synchronize
- token
- treadle
- trephine
- turbojet
- understaff
- warm
