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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.]
   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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   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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   To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
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   To treat with care; to husband.
   Dryden.
   
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   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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