Man"age (?), 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.]
Young men, in the conduct and manage of
actions, embrace more than they can hold.
Bacon.
Down, down I come; like glistering Phaëthon
Wanting the manage of unruly jades.
Shak.
The unlucky manage of this fatal
brawl.
Shak.
&fist; This word, in its limited sense of management of a horse,
has been displaced by manege; in its more general meaning, by
management.
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.
Man"age, v. i. To direct affairs;
to carry on business or affairs; to administer.
Leave them to manage for thee.
Dryden.
