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verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
1.
to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
2.
to handle, manage, or use, especially with skill, in some process of treatment or performance: to manipulate a large tractor.
3.
to adapt or change (accounts, figures, etc.) to suit one's purpose or advantage.
4.
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.
Related forms
ma·nip·u·lat·a·ble, 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), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
EXPANDun·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
COLLAPSESynonyms
3. juggle, falsify.
3. juggle, falsify.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Word Origin & History
manipulate
1831, "to handle skillfully by hand," a back formation from manipulation. Of mental influence, from 1864. In mid-20c., it served as a euphemism for "masturbation." Related: Manipulated; manipulating.
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manipulate ma·nip·u·late (mə-nĭp'yə-lāt')
v. ma·nip·u·lat·ed, ma·nip·u·lat·ing, ma·nip·u·lates
To handle and move in an examination or for therapeutic purposes.
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