n.
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: manned ; man · ning
Date: 12th century
1 a : to supply with people (as for service) < man a fleet> b : to station members of a ship's crew at < man the capstan> c : to serve in the force or complement of < man the ticket booth>
2 : to accustom (as a hawk) to humans and the human environment
3 : to furnish with strength or powers of resistance : BRACE