operated
v.v. to control or run a machine, a business, or a system. It can also mean to perform medical surgery on someone.
v. to control the functioning of a machine or system; to manage a business or process. In a medical context, it refers to performing a surgical procedure upon a patient.
The machine is operated by a foot pedal.
The charity has operated several food banks in the city center for over a decade.
The multinational corporation operated under a complex web of subsidiary agreements designed to minimize tax liabilities across several different jurisdictions.
The verb is both transitive and intransitive. In medical contexts, it typically takes the preposition 'on' before the patient or body part.
The surgeon operated the patientThe surgeon operated on the patientWhen referring to medical surgery, the verb requires the preposition 'on' before the object.