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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Manage \Man"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Managed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Managing}.] [From {Manage}, n.]
1. To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide;
to administer; to treat; to handle.
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Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily
managed. --Sir I.
Newton.
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What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain. --Prior.
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2. Hence, Esp.: to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to
wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct;
to bring around cunningly to one's plans.
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It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant
subjects. --Addison.
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It was not her humor to manage those over whom she
had gained an ascendant. --Bp. Hurd.
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3. To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in
graceful or artful action.
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4. To treat with care; to husband. --Dryden.
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5. To bring about; to contrive. --Shak.
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Syn: To direct; govern; control; wield; order; contrive;
concert; conduct; transact.
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