| 1. administer, direct, supervise; bring about, cause to occur; accomplish, succeed; handle; cope, get along. managemanage , 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. down, down i come; like glistering phaëthon wanting the manage of unruly jades. the unlucky manage of this fatal brawl.note: this word, in its limited sense of management of a horse, has been displaced by manege; in its more general meaning, by management.manage manage , v. t. [imp. & p. p. managed ; p. pr. & vb. n. managing .] [from manage, n.] |