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power-operate

power-operate verb: to operate by electrical or mechanical means.

Verb

power-operate (third-person singular simple present power-operates, present participle power-operating, simple past and past participle power-operated)

  1. (transitive) To operate by electrical or mechanical means.
    • […] to power-operate the blades while the bowl is in the tilted position […]1940, United States. War Department, Technical Manual: Basic field manuals, Miscellaneous. TM 20, page 25

Forms of power-operate

third-person singular presentpower-operates
present participlepower-operating
past participlepower-operated
pastpower-operated

Questions about power-operate

What does power-operate mean?
Power-operate means to operate by electrical or mechanical means.
What part of speech is power-operate?
Power-operate is a verb.
What is the past tense of power-operate?
The past tense of power-operate is power-operated.

Words near power-operate in the dictionary

  1. power-levels
  2. power-line
  3. power-line communication
  4. power-line communications
  5. power-lines
  6. power-operate
  7. power-operated
  8. power-play
  9. power-plays
  10. power-political
  11. power-sharing

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