operate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: operate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for operate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
operate v direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan" Synonym(s): operate, run perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" Synonym(s): function, work, operate, go, run Antonym(s): malfunction, misfunction handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever" Synonym(s): operate, control perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense Synonym(s): manoeuver, maneuver, manoeuvre, operate happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?" keep engaged; "engaged the gears" Synonym(s): engage, mesh, lock, operate Antonym(s): disengage, withdraw perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life" Synonym(s): operate on, operate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Operate \Op"erate\, v. t. 1. To produce, as an effect; to cause. The same cause would operate* a diminution of the value of stock. --A. Hamilton. 2. To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [81]ben to exercise, OHG. uoben, Icel. [?]fa. Cf. {Inure}, {Maneuver}, {Ure}.] 1. To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act. 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. 3. To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence. The virtues of private persons operate* but on a few. --Atterbury. A plain, convincing reason operates on the mind both of a learned and ignorant hearer as long as they live. --Swift. 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. 5. To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits. [Brokers' Cant]