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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
manipulate /məˈnɪpjʊleɪt/

▶verb

1 handle or control with dexterity.

2 examine or treat (a part of the body) by feeling or moving it with the hand.

3 control or influence cleverly or unscrupulously.

4 alter or present (data) so as to mislead.

– derivatives
manipulability noun,
manipulable adjective,
manipulatable adjective,
manipulation noun,
manipulator noun,
manipulatory adjective.

– origin C19: back-form. from earlier manipulation (C18), from L. manipulus ‘handful’.

'manipulation' also found in these Oxford entries:

animation - arithmetic - biotechnology - blackmail - manipulate - manipulative - micrurgy - numbers game - object - osteopathy - protein engineering - representationism - SQL - surgery - tab

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