单词 | functionate |
释义 | functionate, v. Somewhat rare.|ˈfʌŋkʃəneɪt| [f. as prec. + -ate3.] intr. To perform one's function; to work, operate; to officiate. Hence ˈfunctionating vbl. n., in quot. attrib.
1856Lever Martins of Cro' M. 149 The worst of the class is, they'll only functionate for your grand dinners, and they leave your every-day meal to some inferior in the department. 1869Daily News 11 June, The reflective faculty remains in undisturbed repose. As the French say, it does not ‘functionate’. 1873E. H. Clarke Sex in Educ. 40 The muscles and the brain cannot functionate in their best way at the same moment. 1891D. Wilson Right Hand 187 The existence, then, of greater nutrition and greater functionating ability in the left hemisphere might well be assumed. |

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