Admit
Operate
Operate verb - To control the mechanical operation of.
Common collocations
| way | admit way | operate way |
Both words in one sentence
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Once in a blue moon, he'll admit that he recognizes that it exists (kinda hard not to when one of your best friends is Doctor Strange) but just doesn't understand it, being unable to understand why it doesn't operate scientifically.
Source: Arbitrary Skepticism - Xykon notes with no small amount of satisfaction that Redcloak will continue to operate in his interests even when the lich can't supervise him personally because doing otherwise will force Redcloak to admit he killed his baby brother for nothing.
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