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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Quotes
"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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