Manage Definition
mănĭj
managed, manages, managing
verb
managed, manages, managing
To train (a horse) in its paces; cause to do the exercises of the manège.
Webster's New World
To exert control over; regulate or limit toward a desired end.
Manage the news to minimize political repercussions; managed smokestack emissions.
American Heritage
To have charge of; direct; administer.
To manage a household.
Webster's New World
To control the movement or behavior of; handle.
Webster's New World
To direct or supervise (employees or other staff).
She manages 20 people in the department.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
Webster's New World
(now rare) The act of managing or controlling something.
Wiktionary
(horseriding) Manège.
Wiktionary
Origin of Manage
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From Early Modern English manage, menage, from Middle English *manage, *menage, from Old French manege (“the handling or training of a horse, horsemanship, riding, maneuvers, proceedings"), probably from Old Italian maneggiare (“to handle, manage, touch, treat"), from mano, from Latin manus (“the hand"); see manual.
From Wiktionary
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Italian maneggiare from Vulgar Latin manidiāre from Latin manus hand man-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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