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Definitions for: Operative
[n] someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
[n] a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
[adj] being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
[adj] (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
[adj] relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry"
[adj] effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word"
[adj] of or relating to a surgical operation; "operative surgery"
Webster (1913) Definition: Op"er*a*tive, a. [Cf.L. operativus, F. op['e]ratif.]
1. Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force,
physical or moral; active in the production of effects;
as, an operative motive.
It holds in all operative principles. --South.
2. Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious;
as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.
3. (Surg.) Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or
operations; as, operative surgery.
Op"er*a*tive, n.
A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a
machine in a mill or manufactory.
Synonyms: at work(p), effective, functional, functioning, good, important, in effect(p), in force(p), in operation(p), intelligence agent, intelligence officer, key, operant, operating(a), operational, PI, postoperative, preoperative, private detective, private eye, private investigator, running(a), secret agent, shamus, sherlock, significant, surgical, working, working(a)
Antonyms: inoperative, medical
See Also: agent, agent provocateur, detective, hotel detective, house detective, house dick, inquiry agent, spy, store detective, undercover agent
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