Definition of "functionate" []

• To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business. (verb)

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• "Peters 'theory is plausible that the screw-like joint between the tibia and the tibial tarsal (astragulus) bones causes these structures to functionate in a manner not in harmony with the provisions allowed by the collateral ligaments of the tarsus, permitting movement only in a direction parallel with the long axis of the body."
• "The ovaries and uterus atrophy or shrink in size, and cease to functionate."
• "Substantive, not yet brought into action and made to functionate as"