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MANAGE
wield, handle, manage
(verb) handle effectively; “The burglar wielded an axe”; “The young violinist didn’t manage her bow very well”
manage, deal, care, handle
(verb) be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; “I can deal with this crew of workers”; “This blender can’t handle nuts”; “She managed her parents’ affairs after they got too old”
oversee, supervise, superintend, manage
(verb) watch and direct; “Who is overseeing this project?”
do, manage
(verb) carry on or function; “We could do with a little more help around here”
wangle, finagle, manage
(verb) achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
(verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available; “We got by on just a gallon of gas”; “They made do on half a loaf of bread every day”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
manage (third-person singular simple present manages, present participle managing, simple past and past participle managed)
(transitive) To direct or be in charge of.
(transitive) To handle or control (a situation, job).
(transitive) To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
(intransitive) To succeed at an attempt.
(ambitransitive) To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.
To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
(obsolete) To treat with care; to husband.
(obsolete) To bring about; to contrive.
Synonyms
• (To handle with skill, wield): bewield
Noun
manage (uncountable)
(now rare) The act of managing or controlling something.
(horseriding) Manège.
Anagrams
• Meagan, agname
Source: Wiktionary
Man"age, n. Etym: [F. manège, It. maneggio, fr. maneggiare to manage, fr. L.manushand. Perhaps somewhat influenced by F. ménage housekeeping, OF. mesnage, akin to E. mansion. See Manual, and cf. Manege.]
Definition: The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege. [Obs.] Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold. Bacon. Down, down I come; like glistering Phaëthon Wanting the manage of unruly jades. Shak. The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl. Shak.
Note: This word, in its limited sense of management of a horse, has been displaced by manege; in its more general meaning, by management.
Man"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Managed; p. pr. & vb. n. Managing.] Etym: [From Manage, n.]
1. To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle. Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed. Sir I. Newton. What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain. Prior.
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. It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects. Addison . It was not her humor to manage those over whom she had gained an ascendant. Bp. Hurd.
3. To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
4. To treat with care; to husband. Dryden.
5. To bring about; to contrive. Shak.
Syn.
– To direct; govern; control; wield; order; contrive; concert; conduct; transact.
Man"age, v. i.
Definition: To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer. Leave them to manage for thee. Dryden .
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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