manage

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
manage/ˈmanɪʤ/

▶verb

• 1 be in charge of; run.

• 2 supervise (staff).

• 3 be the manager of (a sports team or a performer).

• 4 administer and regulate (resources under one's control).

• 5 maintain control or influence over (a person or animal).

• 6 control the use or exploitation of (land).

• 7 succeed in surviving or in attaining one's aims; cope.

  ■ succeed in achieving or producing (something difficult).

  ■ succeed in withstanding.

  ■ be free to attend at (a certain time).

– derivatives
managing adjective & noun.

– origin C16 (in the sense ‘put (a horse) through the paces of the manège’): from Ital. maneggiare, based on L. manus ‘hand’.