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Operating   /ˈɑpərˌeɪtɪŋ/  /ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Operate  v. t.  
1.
To produce, as an effect; to cause. "The same cause would operate a diminution of the value of stock."
2.
To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine.


Operate  v. i.  (past & past part. operated; pres. part. operating)  
1.
To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strength, 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." "A plain, convincing reason operates on the mind both of a learned and ignorant hearer as long as they live."
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)


adjective
operating  adj.  
1.
Pr. p. of operate; as, the operating conditions of the oxidation pond.
2.
Having an effect or influence.
Synonyms: at work(predicate), in operation, operant.





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"Operating" Quotes from Famous Books



... Toward Celibate Life.—There is, however, another condition, many-sided and complex, often operating upon the persons most involved unconsciously and seldom treated with clarity or frankness, which works against the family as an institution. This condition is the increasing tendency of many of the ablest women to marry very late or to refuse to marry ...
— The Family and it's Members • Anna Garlin Spencer
... some hauled to relieve the glut. The railroad will be operating inside of six weeks. We'll keep Number Three capped till then and go on drilling in other locations. Burns is spudding in a ...
— Gunsight Pass - How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West • William MacLeod Raine
... universe, flawlessly operating under necessary laws, effectively disposes of miracles. And to dispose of miracles is one of Spinoza's primary concerns. For as long as miracles happen, organized knowledge and rational control—the bases of a rational life—are both impossible ...
— The Philosophy of Spinoza • Baruch de Spinoza
... "Anyway, I figured you'd be a lot handier around here alive and in operating condition. The last thing I could let happen would be for Rayson to get you on that trick table of his. Once he got that thing to rocking and rolling, he'd stand back there, making soothing noises, and almost anyone would break down and give him all they'd ever known. After that, they'd ...
— The Best Made Plans • Everett B. Cole
... combination of one or more vibratory clamps, Y, the cam, E, and the two burrs or cutters, q r, for forming the notches in the needle blank such clamp or clamps, cam and cutters being provided with mechanism for operating them, ...
— Scientific American, Vol. 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 • Various


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