manage

1. n. The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege. Source: opted

2. n. To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle. Source: opted

3. n. 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. Source: opted

4. n. To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action. Source: opted

5. n. To treat with care; to husband. Source: opted

6. n. To bring about; to contrive. Source: opted

7. v. i. To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer. Source: opted

8. v. be successful; achieve a goal Source: wordnet

9. v. be in charge of, act on, or dispose of Source: wordnet

10. v. succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available Source: wordnet

11. v. watch and direct Source: wordnet

12. v. achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods Source: wordnet

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