manipulated

[muh-nip-yuh-leyt]

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verb (used with object), ma·nip·u·lat·ed, ma·nip·u·lat·ing.

to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.

to handle, manage, or use, especially with skill, in some process of treatment or performance: to manipulate a large tractor.

to adapt or change (accounts, figures, etc.) to suit one's purpose or advantage.

Medicine/Medical. to examine or treat by skillful use of the hands, as in palpation, reduction of dislocations, or changing the position of a fetus.

Origin:
1820–30; back formation from manipulation

Related forms

ma·nip·u·lat·a·ble, adjective

ma·nip·u·la·to·ry

[muh-nip-yuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective

non·ma·nip·u·la·tive, adjective

non·ma·nip·u·la·to·ry, adjective

out·ma·nip·u·late, verb (used with object), out·ma·nip·u·lat·ed, out·ma·nip·u·lat·ing.

un·ma·nip·u·lat·a·ble, adjective

un·ma·nip·u·lat·ed, adjective

un·ma·nip·u·la·tive, adjective

un·ma·nip·u·la·to·ry, adjective

Synonyms
3. juggle, falsify.

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Manipulated is always a great word to know.

So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

Example Sentences

In other words, the researchers track a current flowing through the device as the spins are manipulated.

The new craft's body was constructed around a rotor, which allowed the replica to be manipulated atop a five-story-tall column.