operare — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
operare is used for these senses in English:
- operate (transitive, or, intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
- operate (intransitive) To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (medicine) to take appropriate effect on the human system.
- operate (medicine, transitive, or, intransitive) 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.
- serve (transitive) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by. [from 13th c.]
- serve (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15th c.]
- serve (transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon). [from 18th c.]
operate — full definition
- verb To work or run, especially a machine or system.
- verb To perform surgery on a patient.
- verb To run or manage a business or organization.
serve — full definition
- verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
- verb To be useful or suitable for a particular purpose.
- verb To officially deliver a legal document to someone.
- verb To hit the ball first to start play in tennis, volleyball, and similar sports.
- noun The act of putting the ball in play at the start of a point in tennis or similar sports.