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7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
verb perform as expected when applied
verb handle and cause to function
originFrom Latin operātus, perfect passive participle of operor (“to work, labor, toil, have effect”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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