manage, manages, managing, managed 1. To direct or control the use of; to handle: to manage a complex machine tool. 2. To exert control over: `Managing the news... is the oldest game in town” (James Reston). `A major crisis to be managed loomed on the horizon.” 3. To make submissive to one's authority, discipline, or persuasion. 4. To direct ... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1249/3