Citations:manage

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

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?