manipulate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ma=nip=u=late

CIDE DICTIONARY

manipulate, v. t. [LL. manipulatus, p. p. of manipulare to lead by the hand, fr. L. manipulus. See Maniple.].

•  To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus.  [1913 Webster]
•  To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns; to manipulate the stock market.  [1913 Webster]

manipulate, v. i. 

 To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand work;  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

manipulate, v.tr.
1 handle, treat, or use, esp. skilfully (a tool, question, material, etc.).
2 manage (a person, situation, etc.) to one's own advantage, esp. unfairly or unscrupulously.
3 manually examine and treat (a part of the body).
4 Computing alter, edit, or move (text, data, etc.).
5 stimulate (the genitals).

Derivative

manipulable adj. manipulability n. manipulatable adj. manipulation n. manipulator n. manipulatory adj.

Etymology

back-form. f. manipulation f. F manipulation f. mod.L manipulatio (as MANIPLE), after F manipuler

THESAURUS

manipulate

abuse, adulterate, angle, barnstorm, be responsible for, beguile, bleed, bleed white, call the signals, captain, carry on, carry out, carry through, choreograph, come in contact, command, conduct, contrive, control, cook, copilot, deal with, direct, dispense, do with, doctor, drain, drive, employ, engineer, exercise, exert, exploit, fake, falsify, feel, feel of, fiddle, finagle, finesse, finger, flick, fly, gerrymander, govern, handle, head, head up, ill-use, impose upon, influence, intrigue, jockey, juggle, lead, lead on, load, machinate, make go, make the rules, make use of, manage, maneuver, mastermind, milk, misuse, negotiate, officer, operate, orchestrate, order, pack, palm, palpate, paw, peel off, perform on, pilot, plant, play, play games, play on, plot, ply, poke at, practice, prescribe, presume upon, prod, pull strings, pull the strings, quarterback, regulate, retouch, rig, run, salt, scheme, see to, skipper, solo, sophisticate, stack, steer, stroke, suck dry, swing, take advantage of, take care of, take command, take the lead, tamper with, tap, thumb, touch, twiddle, use, use ill, utilize, wangle, wield, work, work on, work upon

ROGET THESAURUS

manipulate

Use

VB use, make use of, employ, put to use, put in action, put in operation, put in practice, set in motion, set to work, ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate, play, play off, exert, exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to, take up with, take advantage of, lay one's hands on, try, render useful, mold, turn to account, turn to use, convert to use, utilize, work up, call into play, bring into play, put into requisition, call forth, draw forth, press into service, enlist into the service, bring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply, adhibit, dispose of, make a handle of, make a cat's-paw of, fall back upon, make a shift with, make the most of, make the best of, use up, swallow up, consume, absorb, expend, tax, task, wear, put to task.

Touch

VB touch, feel, handle, finger, thumb, paw, fumble, grope, grabble, twiddle, tweedle, pass the fingers over, run the fingers over, manipulate, wield, throw out a feeler.