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

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noun

Webster's New World

(now rare) The act of managing or controlling something.

Wiktionary

(horseriding) Manège.

Wiktionary

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Origin of Manage

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
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