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man⋅age

  [man-ij] verb, -aged, -ag⋅ing.
Use Managed in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
2. to take charge or care of: to manage my investments.
3. to dominate or influence (a person) by tact, flattery, or artifice: He manages the child with exemplary skill.
4. to handle, direct, govern, or control in action or use: She managed the boat efficiently.
5. to wield (a weapon, tool, etc.).
6. to handle or train (a horse) in the exercises of the manège.
7. Archaic. to use sparingly or with judgment, as health or money; husband.
–verb (used without object)
8. to conduct business, commercial affairs, etc.; be in charge: Who will manage while the boss is away?
9. to continue to function, progress, or succeed, usually despite hardship or difficulty; get along: How will he manage with his wife gone? It was a rough time, but we managed.
Origin:
1555–65; earlier manege < It maneggiare to handle, train (horses), deriv. of mano < L manus hand

Synonyms:
1. arrange, contrive. 4. guide, conduct, regulate, engineer. See rule. 5. handle, manipulate.
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man·age   (mān'ĭj)   
v.   man·aged, man·ag·ing, man·ag·es

v.   tr.

  1. To direct or control the use of; handle: manage a complex machine tool.

    1. To exert control over: "Managing the news . . . is the oldest game in town" (James Reston). "A major crisis to be managed loomed on the horizon" (Time).

    2. To make submissive to one's authority, discipline, or persuasion.

  3. To direct the affairs or interests of: manage a company; an agency that manages performers. See Synonyms at conduct.

  4. To succeed in accomplishing or achieving, especially with difficulty; contrive or arrange: managed to get a promotion.

v.   intr.

  1. To direct or conduct business affairs.

  2. To continue to get along; carry on: learning how to manage on my own.


[Italian maneggiare, from Vulgar Latin *manidiāre, from Latin manus, hand; see man-2 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

manage 
1561, probably from It. maneggiare "to handle," esp. "to control a horse," from L. manus "hand" (see manual). Influenced by Fr. manège "horsemanship" (earliest Eng. sense was of handling horses), which also was from the Italian. Extended to other objects or business from 1579. Slang sense of "get by" first recorded 1655.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: man·age
Pronunciation: 'man-ij
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: man·aged; man·ag·ing
: toconduct the management of <managed cases of rheumatism with conservative therapy>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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