MANAGED
Verb
managed
simple past tense and past participle of manage
Anagrams
• Adangme, agnamed
Source: Wiktionary
MANAGE
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