n. [ OE. lodemenage. Chaucer. ] Pilotage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. manège, It. maneggio, fr. maneggiare to manage, fr. L. manushand. Perhaps somewhat influenced by F. ménage 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Down, down I come; like glistering Phaethon
Wanting the manage of unruly jades. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word, in its limited sense of management of a horse, has been displaced by manege; in its more general meaning, by management. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was not her humor to manage those over whom she had gained an ascendant. Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To treat with care; to husband. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To bring about; to contrive. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To direct; govern; control; wield; order; contrive; concert; conduct; transact. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leave them to manage for thee. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being manageable; manageableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Governable; tractable; controllable; docile. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Man"age*a*ble*ness, n. -- Man"age*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A non-market economy in which government intervention is important in allocating goods and resources and determining prices. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Unmanageable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Manage, v. ] 1. The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as, the management of a family or of a farm; the management of a business enterprise; the management of state affairs. “The management of the voice.” E. Porter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had great managements with ecclesiastics. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mark with what management their tribes divide
Some stick to you, and some to t'other side. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Conduct; administration; government; direction; guidance; care; charge; contrivance; intrigue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adviser to business about efficient management practices. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. Personnel having ovrall planning and direction responsibilities. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who manages; a conductor or director; as, the manager of a theater. [ 1913 Webster ]

A skillful manager of the rabble. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person who conducts business or household affairs with economy and frugality; a good economist. [ 1913 Webster ]

A prince of great aspiring thoughts; in the main, a manager of his treasure. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A contriver; an intriguer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman manager. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as, managerial qualities. “Managerial responsibility.” C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or position of a manager. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. menagerie, mesnagerie. See Manage, n., and cf. Menagerie. ] 1. Management; manner of using; conduct; direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Husbandry; economy; frugality. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who manages ill. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Theat.) One in control of the stage during the production of a play. He directs the stage hands, property man, etc., has charge of all details behind the curtain, except the acting, and has a general oversight of the actors. Sometimes he is also the stage director. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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