See also: in operation

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Etymology

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From Latin inoperari (to effect), from in- (in) + operari (to operate).

Noun

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inoperation (plural inoperations)

  1. (obsolete) agency; influence; production of effects
    • 1633, Joseph Hall, A paraphrase upon the hard texts of Scripture:
      As no man can come to me but by the grace and lively inoperation of my Father, so none can attain to the perfect knowledge of the Father

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for inoperation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)