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Manage (?), n. [F. manège, It. maneggio, fr. maneggiare to manage, fr. L. manushand. Perhaps somewhat influenced by F. ménage housekeeping, OF. mesnage, akin to E. mansion. See Manual, and cf. Manege.] The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege. [Obs.]
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Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold. Bacon.
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Down, down I come; like glistering Phaethon
Wanting the manage of unruly jades. Shak.
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The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl. Shak.
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☞ This word, in its limited sense of management of a horse, has been displaced by manege; in its more general meaning, by management.
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Manage (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Managed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Managing (?).] [From Manage, n.]
1. To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle.
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Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed. Sir I. Newton.
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What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain. Prior.
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2. 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.
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It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects. Addison.
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It was not her humor to manage those over whom she had gained an ascendant. Bp. Hurd.
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3. To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
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4. To treat with care; to husband. Dryden.
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5. To bring about; to contrive. Shak.
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Syn. -- To direct; govern; control; wield; order; contrive; concert; conduct; transact.
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Manage, v. i. To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer.
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Leave them to manage for thee. Dryden.
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