Operate

Verb

1. To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.

   "Could someone explain how this meeting operates?"

2. To produce an effect. To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially to take appropriate effect on the human system. To act or produce an effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
3. To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially to take appropriate effect on the human system.
4. To act or produce an effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
5. To bring about as an effect; to cause.