Manage

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun To bring about; to Contrive.

II. Manage ·noun To treat with care; to Husband.

III. Manage ·noun To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action.

IV. Manage ·vi To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to Administer.

V. Manage ·noun The handling or government of anything, but ·esp. of a horse; management; administration. ·see Manege.

VI. Manage ·noun 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.

VII. Manage ·noun To have under control and direction; to Conduct; to Guide; to Administer; to Treat; to Handle.

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