Definitions
1.verbTo perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
2.verbTo produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially to take appropriate effect on the human system.
3.verbTo act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
4.verbTo 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.verbTo deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
6.verbTo produce, as an effect; to cause.
7.verbTo put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work."to operate a machine"
8.adjectiveIn operation; that operates."Don't touch the operating machinery."
9.adjectiveInvolved in an operation.