Definition of Manipulate
Manipulate
ma·nip·u·late


Definition/Meaning
(verb)
to control someone to gain an advantage through the means of deception, trickery, or artful persuasion;

e.g. She wished to manipulate him so that he'd give her all of his money.

(verb)
to control, operate, or handle in a skillful manner;

e.g. It was easy for her to manipulate paper when making complex origami shapes.

(verb)
to manage or utilize in a skillful manner;

e.g. They ran an algorithm in order to manipulate the data into a simple graph.



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  • "The most successful exploiters are the ones who make others feel that he or she has their best interests at heart." -- Randall Collins

  • "There are those whose primary ability is to spin wheels of manipulation. It is their second skin and without these spinning wheels, they simply do not know how to function." -- JoyBell C



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