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1. 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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