Crossword Dictionary

What's The Definition Of Manage?

\Man"age\, n. [F. man[`e]ge, It. maneggio, fr. maneggiare to manage, fr. L. manushand. Perhaps somewhat influenced by F. m['e]nage 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.] Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold. --Bacon. Down, down I come; like glistering Pha["e]thon Wanting the manage of unruly jades. --Shak. The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl. --Shak. Note: This word, in its limited sense of management of a horse, has been displaced by manege; in its more general meaning, by management.
\Man"age\, 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. Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed. --Sir I. Newton. What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain. --Prior. 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. It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects. --Addison. It was not her humor to manage those over whom she had gained an ascendant. --Bp. Hurd. 3. To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action. 4. To treat with care; to husband. --Dryden. 5. To bring about; to contrive. --Shak. Syn: To direct; govern; control; wield; order; contrive; concert; conduct; transact.
\Man"age\, v. i. To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer. Leave them to manage for thee. --Dryden.