operated

op-er-at-ed · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of "operate"; functioned or worked.

  2. 2.

    Controlled or managed the functioning of something.

  3. 3.

    Performed surgery on a patient.

Related words

See also: operate, operating, operation, operator

Etymology

Past tense form of operate, from Latin operari ("to work, labor").