magnoperate UK /mæɡˈnɒpəɹeɪt/US /mæɡˈnɑpəɹeɪt/ verb3 •(rare) To magnify the greatness of (someone or something); to exalt. •(rare) To work on one's magnum opus (“great or important work of art, literature, or music, a masterpiece; best, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an artist or author, representing their major life effort”).Your dwarf of a letter came yesterday. That is right;—keep to your 'magnum opus'—magnoperate away. — 1821 •(rare) To act grandly.Mr. Cochran magnoperated last night at the Palace, Manchester, and yesterday afternoon the dramatic critic of this paper minoperated at a horse-show in a field adjacent to Manchester. — 1934 formsmagnoperated · magnoperating · magnoperates