mana

n. & v. Same as Menace. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. manicle, OF. manicle, F. manicle sort glove, manacle, L. manicula a little hand, dim. of manus hand; cf. L. manica sleeve, manacle, fr. manus. See Manual. ] A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand. Ecclus. xxi. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Manacled p. pr. & vb. n. Manacling ] To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs or natural powers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle and shackle him hand and foot ? Arbuthnot. [ 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. i. To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leave them to manage for thee. Dryden. [ 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 ]

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 ]