- (n.) The use of the hands in mesmeric operations.
- (n.) Artful management; as, the manipulation of political bodies; sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception or fraud.
- (n.) The act or process of manipulating or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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