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manipulate

verbid 266·updated Jun 3, 2026
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handle, control, or modify something skillfully for a specific purpose

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
controlfakepull stringspull wiresrig
pasttense
manipulated
presentparticiple
manipulating
thirdpersonsingular
manipulates
pastparticiple
manipulated

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary6 sensesview framework →
§1
treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed
§2
hold something in one's hands and move it
§3
control others or oneself, or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage
§4
manipulate in a fraudulent manner
§5
influence or control shrewdly or deviously
§6
tamper, with the purpose of deception

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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