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"Section M, N, and O"


Syn. -- Governable; tractable; controllable; docile.


-- Man"age*a*ble*ness, n. --
Man"age*a*bly, adv.


Man"age*less, a.
Unmanageable. [R.]


Man"age*ment (?), n. [From
Manage, v.] 1. The act
or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, 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.


2. Business dealing; negotiation;
arrangement.


He had great managements with
ecclesiastics.
Addison.


3. Judicious use of means to accomplish an
end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning
practice; -- often in a bad sense.


Mark with what management their tribes
divide

Some stick to you, and some to t'other side.

Dryden.


4.


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