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Entry 7 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Manage

/măn'-əj/ · Man·age · IPA /ˈmæn.ɪd͡ʒ/
01 n. The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.
  1. 1.
    The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.[Obs.] See: Manege
    “Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold.” — Bacon.
    “Down, down I come; like glistering Phaethon Wanting the manage of unruly jades.” — Shak.
    “The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl.” — Shak.
02 v. t. To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle.
imp. & p. p. Managed; p. pr. & vb. n. Managing
  1. 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. 2.
    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. 3.
    To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
  4. 4.
    To treat with care; to husband.
  5. 5.
    To bring about; to contrive.
Syn. To direct; govern; control; wield; order; contrive; concert; conduct; transact.
03 v. i. To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer.
  1. 1.
    To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer.
    “Leave them to manage for thee.” — Dryden.