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Manage

The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.

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Broader term 16

Accomplish 76% connected

To complete, as time or distance.

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Achieve 76% connected

To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; -- as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Administer 76% connected

To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the…

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Administrate 76% connected

To administer.

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Attain 76% connected

To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.

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Command 76% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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Continue 76% connected

To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Manipulate 76% connected

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…

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Preserve 76% connected

To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

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Reach 76% connected

To retch.

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Succeed 76% connected

To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds sum…

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Uphold 76% connected

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

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Win 76% connected

To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…

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Manner of action 26

Administer 76% connected

To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the…

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Afford 76% connected

To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords frui…

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Build 76% connected

To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

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Conduct 76% connected

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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Coordinate 76% connected

Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Deal 76% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Direct 76% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Extemporize 76% connected

To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.

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Fend 76% connected

A fiend.

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Hack 76% connected

A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.

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Improvise 76% connected

To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.

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Juggle 76% connected

To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.

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Mind 76% connected

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…

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Misconduct 76% connected

Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.

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Mishandle 76% connected

To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.

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Mismanage 76% connected

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

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Organize 76% connected

To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter;…

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Ply 76% connected

To bend.

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Process 76% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Pump 76% connected

A low shoe with a thin sole.

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Sweep 76% connected

To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sw…

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Swing 76% connected

To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Care 74% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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Care 74% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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Oversight 74% connected

Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.

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Oversight 74% connected

Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.

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Superintendence 74% connected

The act of superintending; care and oversight for the purpose of direction; supervision.

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Superintendence 74% connected

The act of superintending; care and oversight for the purpose of direction; supervision.

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Supervisor 74% connected

One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools.

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Supervisor 74% connected

One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools.

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Supervisory 74% connected

Of or pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers.

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Supervisory 74% connected

Of or pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers.

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Care 92% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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Contend 92% connected

To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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Cope 92% connected

A covering for the head.

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Deal 92% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Grapple 92% connected

To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.

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Handle 92% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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Oversee 92% connected

To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook.

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Superintend 92% connected

To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise; as, an officer…

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Supervise 92% connected

To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book.

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Wield 92% connected

To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess.

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