About The Word Manipulate
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Manipulate
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What's The Definition Of Manipulate?
[v] treat manually, as with massage, in physiotherapy
[v] hold something in one's hands and move it [v] control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line" [v] manipulate in a fraudulent manner; of prices [v] influence or control shrewdly or deviously; "He manipulated public opinion in his favor." [v] fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" Synonyms | Synonyms for Manipulate: control | cook | fake | falsify | fudge | keep in line | misrepresent | pull strings | pull wires | rig | wangle Related Terms | Find terms related to Manipulate: abuse | adulterate | angle | barnstorm | be responsible for | beguile | bleed | bleed white | call the signals | captain | carry on | carry out | carry through | choreograph | come in contact | command | conduct | contrive | control | cook | copilot | deal with | direct | dispense | do with | doctor | drain | drive | employ | engineer | exercise | exert | exploit | fake | falsify | feel | feel of | fiddle | finagle | finesse | finger | flick | fly | gerrymander | govern | handle | head | head up | ill-use | impose upon | influence | intrigue | jockey | juggle | lead | lead on | load | machinate | make go | make the rules | make use of | manage | maneuver | mastermind | milk | misuse | negotiate | officer | operate | orchestrate | order | pack | palm | palpate | paw | peel off | perform on | pilot | plant | play | play games | play on | plot | ply | poke at | practice | prescribe | presume upon | prod | pull strings | pull the strings | quarterback | regulate | retouch | rig | run | salt | scheme | see to | skipper | solo | sophisticate | stack | steer | stroke | suck dry | swing | take advantage of | take care of | take command | take the lead | tamper with | tap | thumb | touch | twiddle | use | use ill | utilize | wangle | wield | work | work on | work upon See Also | act upon | care for | cheat | chisel | control | cook up | diddle | fabricate | fiddle | fiddle with | handle | influence | ingratiate | interact | invent | juggle | knead | lay hands on | make up | manufacture | massage | mix | monkey | mouse | operate | palm | play | price | rub down | ruffle | shuffle | tamper | tease | toy | treat | twiddle | wield | work | work Manipulate In Webster's Dictionary \Ma*nip"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manipulated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Manipulating}.] [LL. manipulatus, p. p. of
manipulare to lead by the hand, fr. L. manipulus. See
{Maniple}.]
1. To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when
knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand
work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus.
2. To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate
a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market;
also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to
manipulate accounts, or election returns.
\Ma*nip"u*late\, v. i. To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand work; specifically, to manage the apparatus or instruments used in scientific work, or in artistic or mechanical processes; also, specifically, to use the hand in mesmeric operations. |
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