MANAGE, MANAGEABLE, MANAGING
ADJECTIVES
1425 — WALDIN easy to manage → Sc. obs.
1602 — ADMINISTRANT acting, managing affairs; administrating, executive
1741 — HABILE manageable, handy → obs.
1825 — DEBATABLE able to shift for oneself, able to get along, manage, or succeed by oneself → Sc.
NOUNS
1643 — MANAGERY the function of managing or administering; managership; an administrative office → obs.
VERBS
1000 — YEME to have the command or oversight of; to rule, to govern, to manage, to control → obs.
1200 — LEAD to conduct affairs; to manage, to govern → obs.
1205 — BETEE to bring about, to manage, to arrange → obs.
1300 — BEAR IN HAND to carry on, to manage → obs.
1300 — ORDAIN to set in proper order or position; to arrange; to keep in due order; to regulate, to govern, to direct, to manage, to conduct → obs.
1300 — SKIFT to arrange, devise, manage, or order something → obs.
1330 — GUY to command an army, etc.; to govern or rule a country; to administer or manage affairs or an office → obs.
1330 — MAN to be the master of; to manage, to rule → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1540 — FASHION to contrive, to manage → obs.
1790 — MANN to manage; to overcome, to get the better of → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1867 — MANISH to manage → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1875 — BANT to conquer, to achieve, to manage → Eng. dial.
1892 — BOSS ONE’S OWN SHOES to manage one’s affairs personally → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1901 — SCAMBLE ALONG to manage, to ‘get on’ → Eng. dial.
1905 — ENGINEER to manage, as in ‘Who’s engineering this affair?’ → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MATCH to master → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — ODDS to fit, to make even; to manage, to contrive → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — RAGGLE to manage, to contrive to get on → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 — BEVIL to manage, to arrange → Sc. (Bk.)
1930 — NICKEL-AND-DIME IT to beg; to manage with little money → US sl.
1933 — POOR HOG to make do, to get by → Amer. dial.
1939 — POOR BOY IT to make do, to get by cheaply → Amer. dial.
1942 — RIDE HERD to manage → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1950 — DEAL to manage a situation or circumstance → sl.
1952 — HACK IT to accomplish or manage successfully; to cope with → Amer. sl.
1962 — FADE to deal with; to handle; to put up with; to manage something → US sl.
1980 — DEAL ON to manage something well → US students’ sl.
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