Act upon and Operate

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Act upon verb - Have and exert influence or effect.

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Operate and act upon are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Operate" instead a verb "Act upon".

Operate verb - To control the mechanical operation of.

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Act upon and operate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act upon" instead a verb "Operate".

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