manipulate

manipulate - verb

  • To treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner
  • To manage or utilize skillfully
  • To control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one's own advantage
  • To change by artful or unfair means so as to serve one's purpose : doctor
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"manipulate a pencil"

manipulate - thesaurus

Synonyms: field

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Mystic
364

Letter Values

M
16
A
1
N
15
I
9
P
17
U
21
L
13
A
1
T
21
E
8

Etymology

Latin

Back-formation from manipulation, from French, from manipuler to handle an apparatus in chemistry, ultimately from Latin manipulus