manu-, man-, mani-, mandat-, manda-

1. A shackle for the hand; a handcuff; a fetter.
2. Usually: manacles, restraints; checks.
3. A device for confining the hands, usually consisting of a set of two metal rings that are fastened about the wrists and joined by a metal chain.
4. To hamper; restrain: "He was manacled by his inhibitions."

1. To direct or control the use of; to handle: to manage a complex machine tool.
2. To exert control over: “Managing the news... is the oldest game in town” (James Reston). “A major crisis to be managed loomed on the horizon.”
3. To make submissive to one's authority, discipline, or persuasion.
4. To direct the affairs or interests of: to manage a company; an agency that manages performers.
5. To succeed in accomplishing or achieving, especially with difficulty; to contrive or arrange: "She managed to get a promotion."

That which can be managed or controlled: "These are manageable problems."

1. The act, manner, or practice of managing; handling, supervision, or control: management of a crisis; management of factory workers.
2. The person or persons who control or direct a business or other enterprise.
3. Skill in managing; executive ability.

1. Someone who handles, controls, or directs; especially, someone who directs a business or other enterprise; someone who is in charge of the business affairs of an entertainer.
2. In sports, a person who is in charge of the training and performance of an athlete or a team or a student who is in charge of the equipment and records of a school or college sports team.

We command.

A higher court's writ conveying orders to a lower court. Any court order issued to enforce performance of a public duty.

1. An authoritative order, instruction, or command to do something.
2. A command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: "The president had a clear mandate to end the war."
3. A command from a superior court or official to a lower one.
4. In the League of Nations, a commission given to a nation to administer the government and affairs of a former Turkish territory or German colony.
5. A mandated territory or colony.
6. In the Roman Catholic Church, an order issued by the pope; especially, one commanding the preferment of a certain person to a benefice.
7. Roman and Civil Law: A contract by which one engages gratuitously to perform services for another.
8. In modern civil law, any contract by which a person undertakes to perform services for another.
9. In Roman Law: An order or decree by the emperor; especially, to governors of provinces.
10. To make mandatory, as by law; decree or require: "The government mandated desegregation of public schools."
11. Etymology: from Latin mandatum, "commission, order" and mandare, "to order, to commit to one's charge"; literally, "to give into one's hand"; probably from manus, "hand" + dare, "to give".

1. Authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: "It is mandatory that all students take two years of math."
2. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing a command.
3. In law, permitting no option; not to be disregarded or modified: "There was a mandatory clause in the contract."
4. Having received a mandate; such as, as a nation.

1. A planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
2. Maneuvers, a series of tactical exercises usually carried out in the field by large bodies of troops in simulating the conditions of war.
3. An act or instance of changing the direction of a moving ship, vehicle, etc., as required.
4. An adroit move, skillful proceeding, etc.; especially, as characterized by craftiness; ploy: "He was able to make creative political maneuvers."
5. To change the position of (troops, ships, etc.) by a maneuver.
6. To bring, put, drive, or make by maneuvers: "He maneuvered his way into the confidence of the organization."
7. To manipulate or manage with skill or adroitness: "She always seemed to maneuver the conversation to another topic."
8. To steer in various directions as required.