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| administer |
to manage, take care of, or be in charge of. [1/3 definitions] |
| administrate |
to manage, handle or supervise; administer. |
| administrator |
a person appointed by a court of law to manage or oversee the estate of a deceased person. [1/2 definitions] |
| awkward |
difficult to use, deal with, or manage. [1/3 definitions] |
| board |
a group of people who manage or direct something. [1/3 definitions] |
| bureaucratize |
to manage or control (a government or other large organization) using bureaucratic methods, or to introduce such methods in. |
| churchwarden |
in the Episcopal Church, one of two elected lay officers who manage the secular affairs of the church. [1/3 definitions] |
| circumvent |
to manage to avoid or evade, esp. by clever maneuvering. [1/2 definitions] |
| comanage |
combined form of manage. |
| conduct |
to behave or manage. [1/5 definitions] |
| contrive |
to manage, esp. by overcoming obstacles. [1/5 definitions] |
| control |
to use power to manage or command. [1/4 definitions] |
| difficult |
hard to please or manage. [1/3 definitions] |
| direct |
to manage or control. [1/4 definitions] |
| docile |
obedient and easy to manage. |
| economize |
to use or spend less of; manage thriftily. [1/2 definitions] |
| engineer |
to make, organize, or manage by skillful craft. [1/5 definitions] |
| estate agent |
(chiefly British) one whose job is to help clients buy, sell, lease, or manage real estate; real estate agent. |
| extemporize |
to do or manage with any means at hand. [1/5 definitions] |
| gentle |
easy to manage or control. [1/4 definitions] |
| get along |
to survive or manage. [1/2 definitions] |
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