Operate and Present

Operate

Operate verb - To control the mechanical operation of.

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Present and operate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Present" instead a verb "Operate".

Present verb - To bring before the public in performance or exhibition.

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Operate and present are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Operate" instead a verb "Present".

work	operate work	present work
way	operate way	present way

In the present day, Fisk tends to operate on the principle that he should do the opposite of what his father would do in a situation.

Source: Never My Fault
He was a comic book geek before he discovered his powers, used them as a manual to operate as a superhero, and still reads them to the present day.

Source: Webcomic / Strong Female Protagonist
It's also implied that humanity, in The Future, will use similar technology, which is why the series's representative Time Traveler can't operate any present-day technology more complicated than a flashlight; her society has outgrown such silly things as thermodynamics.

Source: Magic from Technology

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