Note: This word, in its limited sense of management of a horse, has been displaced by manege; in its more general meaning, by management.
MANAGE
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.
MANAGE
Man"age, v. i.
Defn: To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to
administer.
Leave them to manage for thee. Dryden
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