Operative: alternatives and connections

Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force,…

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Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force,…

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Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Operative.

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Operative.

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of Operate

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of Operate

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Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant wor…

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Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant wor…

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of Work

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of Work

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Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.

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Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.

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The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing,…

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To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see.

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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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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 perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of t…

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The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of t…

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Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.

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A mass of type confusedly mixed or unsorted.

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of Run

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Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery; used in surgery; as, a surgical operation; surgical instruments.

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of Work

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Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.

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Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.

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Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the medical profession; medical services; a medi…

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Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the medical profession; medical services; a medi…

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