Man"age (?), n. [F. manege, It. maneggio, fr. maneggiare to manage, fr. L.manushand. Perhaps somewhat influenced by F. m'enage 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 Phaethon
Wanting the manage of unruly jades.
Shak.
The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl.
Shak.
⇒ This word, in its limited sense of management of a horse, has been displaced by manege; in its more general meaning, by management.
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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.
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Man"age, v. i. To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer.
Leave them to manage for thee.
Dryden .
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