Operant is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 304 anagrams from letters in operant (aenoprt).
1595-1605; Late Latin operant- (stem of operāns, present participle of operārī; see operate); see -ant
Feelings are associated with one another according as they have been operant in more or less frequent succession.
No conscious courage was operant in me; simply, I was not afraid.
The operant will to get rid of them would be baptized with a fire that should burn them up.
Their religion was simply patriotism, but it was quite as operant and effective as Christian piety has ever been.
Thus, within one individual both parasitic and predatory behavior are operant during different stages of its life history.
A permanent revulsion was operant in her, which intensified as time wore on.