Manage

v. t. [imp. & p. p. MANAGED; p. pr. & vb. n. MANAGING.] [O. Eng. menage, Fr. ménager, O. Fr. manage, menager, to keep house, not allied to It. maneggiare, Sp. & Pg. manejar, which are derived from Lat. manus, the hand. See man.]

1Sense 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. Newton.

What wars I manage, and what wreaths I gain. Prior.

2Sense 2. Hence, especially, 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 much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects. Addison.

Antony managed him to his own views. Middleton.

3Sense 3. To train in the manège, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action.

4Sense 4. To treat with caution or sparingly; to husband.

The less he had to lose, the less he cared.

To manage husbandlike the ... was the reward. Dryden.

Synonyms—To direct; govern; control; wield; order; contrive; concert; conduct; transact.

v. i. To direct or conduct affairs; to carry on concerns or business; to administer.

Leave them to manage for thee. Dryden.

n. [O. Eng. manage, Fr. ménage, O. Fr. mesnage, mesnaige, mesnage, mesnaige, L. Lat. mansionaticum, from Lat. mansio, habitation, mansion, q. v.] 1. Conduct; administration: management; discipline; treatment; as, the manage of the state or kingdom. [Obs.] Shak. Quicksilver will not endure the manage of the fire. Bacon. 2. (Pron. mā-nāzh'.) Training of a horse; equestrian control and exercise; manage.