verb (v)

• direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  run
  

  source: wordnet30
• perform as expected when applied(verb.contact)

  Synonym:
  function, go, run, work
  Antonym:
  malfunction, misfunction
  

  source: wordnet30
• handle and cause to function(verb.contact)

  Example:
  Do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol.
  

  Synonym:
  control
  

  source: wordnet30
• perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense(verb.competition)

  Synonym:
  maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre
  

  source: wordnet30
• happen(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  break, develop, recrudesce
  

  source: wordnet30
• keep engaged(verb.contact)

  Synonym:
  engage, lock, mesh
  Antonym:
  disengage, withdraw
  

  source: wordnet30
• perform surgery on(verb.body)

  Example:
  The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life.
  

  Synonym:
  operate on
  

  source: wordnet30
• To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To produce, as an effect; to cause.(verb)

  source: webster1913