operate
verb
[ ˈɒpəreɪt ]
• (of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system).
• "the Prime Minister operates a system of divide and rule"
Similar:
work,
make go,
run,
set off,
use,
utilize,
employ,
handle,
control,
wield,
ply,
manage,
be in charge of,
drive,
steer,
guide,
pilot,
manipulate,
manoeuvre,
exercise,
• perform a surgical operation.
• "surgeons operated on on his jaw yesterday morning"
Similar:
perform surgery,
carry out an operation,
intervene,
put someone under the knife,
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin operat- ‘done by labour’, from the verb operari, from opus, oper- ‘work’.
