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Manage

//ˈmæn.ɪd͡ʒ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of managing or controlling something. archaic, uncountable

    "the winged God himſelfe Came riding on a Lion rauenous, Taught to obay the menage of that Elfe […]."

  2. 2
    Manège. uncountable

    "You must draw [the horse] in his career with his manage, and turn, doing the corvetto, leaping &c.."

Verb
  1. 1
    To direct or be in charge of. transitive

    "Even though Jack is a novice, he manages his team with great success."

  2. 2
    handle effectively wordnet
  3. 3
    To handle or control (a situation, job). transitive

    "The government managed the inflation very poorly."

  4. 4
    be in charge of, act on, or dispose of wordnet
  5. 5
    To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.). transitive

    "It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects."

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  1. 6
    watch and direct wordnet
  2. 7
    To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty. intransitive

    "He managed to climb the tower."

  3. 8
    be successful; achieve a goal wordnet
  4. 9
    To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty.; To end up doing something that could or should have been avoided. intransitive, ironic

    "She somehow managed to sit on the wet paint."

  5. 10
    carry on or function wordnet
  6. 11
    To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help. ambitransitive

    "It's a tough job, but I'll manage."

  7. 12
    achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods wordnet
  8. 13
    To manage to say; to say while fighting back embarrassment, laughter, etc. transitive

    ""That's nice, dear!", she managed."

  9. 14
    succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available wordnet
  10. 15
    To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action. transitive
  11. 16
    To treat with care; to husband. obsolete, transitive

    "[She] […]manages her last half-crown with care, And trudges to the Mall, on foot"

  12. 17
    To bring about; to contrive. obsolete, transitive

    "in a town of war, Yet wild, the people's hearts brimful of fear, To manage private and domestic quarrel, In night, and on the court and guard of safety!"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Early Modern English manage, menage, from Middle English *manage, *menage, from Old French manege (“the handling or training of a horse, horsemanship, riding, maneuvers, proceedings”), probably from Old Italian maneggiare (“to handle, manage, touch, treat”), from Vulgar Latin *manizāre (“handle”), from Latin manus (“hand”) + -izāre (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of manège. Compare typologically English handle; Russian руководи́ть (rukovodítʹ) (< рука́ (ruká)).

Etymology 2

From Early Modern English manage, menage, from Middle English *manage, *menage, from Old French manege (“the handling or training of a horse, horsemanship, riding, maneuvers, proceedings”), probably from Old Italian maneggiare (“to handle, manage, touch, treat”), from Vulgar Latin *manizāre (“handle”), from Latin manus (“hand”) + -izāre (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of manège. Compare typologically English handle; Russian руководи́ть (rukovodítʹ) (< рука́ (ruká)).

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