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operating |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Operate \Op"er*ate\, 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. ["u]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] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: operating adj 1: involved in a kind of operation; "the operating conditions of the oxidation pond" 2: being in effect or operation; ; "de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations"- Leslie Marmon Silko; "bus service is in operation during the emergency"; "the company had several operating divisions" [syn: {operational}, {in operation(p)}, {operating(a)}]
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