Hypertext Webster Gateway: "manage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Manage \Man"age\, v. i.
To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to
administer.
Leave them to manage for thee. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Manage \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
manage
v 1: be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading
us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She
pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable
of it" [syn: {pull off}, {bring off}, {carry off}] [ant:
{fail}]
2: be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with
this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts";
"She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"
[syn: {deal}, {care}, {handle}]
3: come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just
a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread
every day" [syn: {cope}, {get by}, {make out}, {make do},
{contend}, {grapple}, {deal}]
4: watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?" [syn: {oversee},
{supervise}, {superintend}]
5: achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
[syn: {wangle}, {finagle}]
6: carry on or manage; "We could do with a little more help
around here" [syn: {do}]
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