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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

operans

, p. pr. of

operari

. See

Operative.

[R.]

Shak.

–

Noun.

An operative person or thing.

[R.]

Coleridge.

Adj.

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

See also: operant

opérant

opérant m ‎(feminine singular opérante, masculine plural opérants, feminine plural opérantes)