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manipulus.
See Maniple.] 1. 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.

2. To control the action of, by management;
as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to
manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or
fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election
returns.

Ma*nip"u*late, v. i. To use the
hands in dexterous operations; to do hand work; specifically, to
manage the apparatus or instruments used in scientific work, or in
artistic or mechanical processes; also, specifically, to use the hand
in mesmeric operations.

Ma*nip`u*la"tion (?), n. [Cf. F.
manipulation.] 1. The act or process of
manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling
work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in
science or art.

Manipulation is to the chemist like the
external senses to the mind.

Whewell.

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