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Manipulate

//məˈnɪp.jʊ.leɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To move, arrange or operate something using the hands transitive
  2. 2
    treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed wordnet
  3. 3
    To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something transitive

    "manipulate data"

  4. 4
    hold something in one's hands and move it wordnet
  5. 5
    To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose transitive
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  1. 6
    maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage wordnet
  2. 7
    To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use transitive

    "cleverly manipulate"

  3. 8
    manipulate in a fraudulent manner wordnet
  4. 9
    To use the hands, especially in scientific experiments. dated, intransitive
  5. 10
    influence or control shrewdly or deviously wordnet
  6. 11
    tamper, with the purpose of deception wordnet

Etymology

Back-formation from manipulation.

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