Citations:manage

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English citations of manage

to make subservient; to force; "to direct by influence or persuasion"

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  1. Century gives this as an example, IMO correctly [-sche]
    • 1741, Conyers Middleton, The Life of Cicero:
      Antony easily diverted him from that design, and managed him to his own views.
  2. Century gives this as an example, IMO perhaps incorrectly [-sche]
    • (Can we date this quote?), Thomas Macaulay, William Pitt:
      And what probability was there that a mere drudge would be able to manage a large and stormy assembly, abounding with able and experienced men?