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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 braw…

The state or quality of being manageable; manageableness.

Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse.

Unmanageable.[R.]

carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as, the management of a family or of a farm; the management of state affairs. "The management of the voice." E. Porter.

One who manages; a conductor or director; as, the manager of a theater. A skillful manager of the rabble. South.

Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as, managerial qualities. "Managerial responsibility." C. Bronté.

The office or position of a manager.

Management; manner of using; conduct; direction.

Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Pilotage. [Obs.]

To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs.

Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement.

One who manages ill.

One in control of the stage during the production of a play. He directs the stage hands, property man, etc., has charge of all details behind the curtain, except the acting, and has a general oversight of the actors. Sometimes he is also the stage director.

Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.

To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state. For forms of government let fools contest: Whate'er is best administered is best. Pope.

es assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management. His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration. Macaulay.

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius. "A talent for affairs." Prescott.