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"Manage" in French?

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"Manage" in French : Gérer

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Pronunciation : Man"age
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. man?ge, It. maneggio, fr. maneggiare to manage, fr. L.manushand. Perhaps somewhat influenced by F. m?nage housekeeping, OF. mesnage, akin to E. mansion. See Manual, and cf. Manege.]
Definition : Defn: 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 Pha?thon Wanting the manage of unruly jades. Shak. The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl. Shak.

Note: This word, in its limited sense of management of a horse, has been displaced by manege; in its more general meaning, by management.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Man"age
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [From Manage, n.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Managed; p. pr. & vb. n. Managing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Man"age
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer. Leave them to manage for thee. Dryden .

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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