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To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh,
physical or mechanical; to act. |
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To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in
the result designed by nature; especially (Med.), to take appropriate
effect on the human system. |
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To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral
power or influence. |
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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. |
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To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to
speculative profits. |
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To produce, as an effect; to cause. |
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To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity;
to work; as, to operate a machine. |
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