MANAGE

manage, to control, direct, or be in a position or have the capacity to do anything (from ital. _maneggiare_, to train horses, literally to handle; lat. _manus_, hand). the word was first used of the "management" of a horse. its meanings have been much influenced by the french _menager_, to direct a household or _menage_ (from late lat. _mansio_, house); hence to economize, to husband resources, &c. the french _menage_, act of guiding or leading, from _mener_, to lead, seems also to have influenced the meaning.