Definitions for manipulate

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manipulate ma·nip·u·late

Spelling: [muh-nip-yuh-leyt]

IPA: /məˈnɪp yəˌleɪt/

Manipulate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 762 anagrams from letters in manipulate (aaeilmnptu).

Definitions for manipulate

verb (used with object)

1. to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner:
2. to handle, manage, or use, especially with skill, in some process of treatment or performance:
3. to adapt or change (accounts, figures, etc.) to suit one's purpose or advantage.
4. Medicine/Medical. to examine or treat by skillful use of the hands, as in palpation, reduction of dislocations, or changing the position of a fetus.

Origin of manipulate

First recorded in 1820-30; back formation from manipulation

Examples for manipulate

Would not Hungary, for instance, be able to manipulate the railway freights?

To raise it and manipulate the catch was out of the question.

They are actually using the media around the galaxy to manipulate events and make people feel they have more power than they do.

At times it may be well to manipulate a muscle when at full tension.

Raised by her mother to manipulate men and compete with women, Luce was fundamentally cold.

He studied our use of language and the way that words are manipulated to manipulate the populace.

But tech geeks, with their superhuman ability to manipulate ones and zeroes, do.

They could not, or they would not, understand the people they sought to manipulate.

And from their power structure within the prisons they manipulate and control events on the streets.

Will they manipulate these and the like to suit their needs?