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Webster 1913 Edition

Operant

Op′er-ant

,
Adj.
[L.
operans
, p. pr. of
operari
. See
Operate
.]
Operative.
[R.]
Shak.
–
Noun.
An operative person or thing.
[R.]
Coleridge.

Webster 1828 Edition

Operant

OP'ERANT

,
Adj.
[See Operate.] Having power to produce an effect. [Not used. We now use operative.]

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