Operates

What do we mean by operates?

To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.

To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially to take appropriate effect on the human system.

To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.

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.

To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.

To produce, as an effect; to cause.

To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work.

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Adjectives that are often used to describe operates:
how.

Consonant match to operates:
opiates.

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