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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Manipulate \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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Manipulate \Ma*nip"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manipulated;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Manipulating.] [LL. manipulatus, p. p. of
     manipulare to lead by the hand, fr. L. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Manipulate \Ma*nip"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manipulated;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Manipulating.] [LL. manipulatus, p. p. of
     manipulare to lead by the hand, fr. L. 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Manipulate \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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  manipulate
       v 1: influence or control shrewdly or deviously; "He manipulated
            public opinion in his favor" [syn: pull strings, pull
            wires]
       2: hold something in one's hands and move it
       3: fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books";
          "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, fake, falsify, cook,
           wangle, misrepresent]
       4: manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices" [syn: rig]
       5: control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually
          to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a
          very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow
          up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line";
          "she keeps in line" [syn: keep in line, control]
       6: treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  manipulate
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 χειρίζομαι
     2 χειραγωγώ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  manipulate
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: manipular)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the
  hands
     2 (lb en transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper
  with something
     3 (lb en transitive medicine) To handle and move a body part, either
  as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose
     4 (lb en transitive) To influence or control someone in order to
  achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one
  being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use
     5 (lb en intransitive dated) To use the hands, especially in
  scientific experiments.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  manipulate
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the
  hands
     2 (lb en transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper
  with something
     3 (lb en transitive medicine) To handle and move a body part, either
  as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose
     4 (lb en transitive) To influence or control someone in order to
  achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one
  being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use
     5 (lb en intransitive dated) To use the hands, especially in
  scientific experiments.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  manipulate
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: manipular)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the
  hands
     2 (lb en transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper
  with something
     3 (lb en transitive medicine) To handle and move a body part, either
  as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose
     4 (lb en transitive) To influence or control someone in order to
  achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one
  being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use
     5 (lb en intransitive dated) To use the hands, especially in
  scientific experiments.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  manipulate
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: manipular)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the
  hands
     2 (lb en transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper
  with something
     3 (lb en transitive medicine) To handle and move a body part, either
  as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose
     4 (lb en transitive) To influence or control someone in order to
  achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one
  being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use
     5 (lb en intransitive dated) To use the hands, especially in
  scientific experiments.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  manipulate
     Englanti vb.
     manipuloida

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  manipulate
     Engelska vb.
     1 manipulera
     2 hantera, styra
     3 behandla

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  manipulate /mənˈɪpjʊlˌeɪt/
  hanteer

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Manipulate /mənˈɪpjʊlˌeɪt/
  عالج

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  manipulate //məˈnɪpjʊleɪt// 
  1. боравя
  influence or manage
  2. манипулирам
  move with the hands

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  manipulate /mənˈɪpjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  manipulovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  manipulate /mənˈɪpjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  zacházet

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  manipulate /mənˈɪpjʊlˌeɪt/
  zacházet s

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  manipulate /mənˈɪpjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  ovládat

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  manipulate /mənˈɪpjʊlˌeɪt/
  
  χειρίζoμαι

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  manipulate //məˈnɪpjʊleɪt// 
  1. liikutella, liikuttaa
  handle and move a body part
  2. manipuloida, käsitellä
  influence or manage
  3. käsitellä
  move with the hands

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  manipulate /mənipjuleit/
  manier

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  manipulate /mənˈɪpjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  1. चलाना
        "To manipulate the gears and levers of a machine."
        "--"जोड़~तोड़~करना""
        "He manipulates people with his sweet talk."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  manipulate /mənˈɪpjʊlˌeɪt/
  krivotvoriti, manipulirati, pomiješati karte, rukovati, udešavati, vješto rukovati

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  manipulate //məˈnɪpjʊleɪt// 
  memanipulasi
  move with the hands

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  manipulate /mənipjuleit/
  hanteren, manipuleren, omgaan met

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  manipulate //məˈnɪpjʊleɪt// 
  manipulere
  influence or manage

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  manipulate /məˈnɪpjəleɪt/ 
    manipulować

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  manipulate /mənipjuleit/
  manejar, manipular

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  manipulate //məˈnɪpjʊleɪt// 
  manipulera
  influence or manage

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  manipulate /mənˈɪpjʊlˌeɪt/
  1. el ile işletmek, hünerle işletmek veya yapmak, ustalıkla idare etmek, manevra yapmak
  2. hile karıştırmak. manipula'tion  el ile işletme, idare
  3. manevra, dalavere, hile manip'ulative, me nip'ulatory  el ile işletme kabilinden
  4. dalavereci manip'ulator  idare eden kimse
  5. vurguncu kimse
  6. telgrafta maniple
  7. manipulatör.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/məˈnɪpjəˌɫeɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  124 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 操纵,利用,假造;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 操纵,利用,操作,应付,假造

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