Main Entry: ma·nip·u·late

Pronunciation: \mə-ˈni-pyə-ˌlāt\

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): ma·nip·u·lat·ed; ma·nip·u·lat·ing

Etymology: back-formation from manipulation, from French, from manipuler to handle an apparatus in chemistry, ultimately from Latin manipulus

Date: 1834

1 : to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner
2 a : to manage or utilize skillfully b : to control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one's own advantage
3 : to change by artful or unfair means so as to serve one's purpose : doctor

— ma·nip·u·lat·able \-ˌlā-tə-bəl\ adjective

— ma·nip·u·la·tion \-ˌni-pyə-ˈlā-shən\ noun

— ma·nip·u·la·tive \-ˈni-pyə-ˌlā-tiv, -lə-\ adjective

— ma·nip·u·la·tive·ly adverb

— ma·nip·u·la·tive·ness noun

— ma·nip·u·la·tor \-ˌlā-tər\ noun

— ma·nip·u·la·to·ry \-lə-ˌtōr-ē, -ˌtȯr-\ adjective