Pronunciation: m ə - ' ni-py ə - ˌ l ā t
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: -lat · ed ; -lat · ing
Etymology: back-formation from manipulation, from French, from manipuler to handle an apparatus in chemistry, ultimately from Latin manipulus
Date: 1834
1 : to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner
2 a : to manage or utilize skillfully b : to control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one's own advantage
3 : to change by artful or unfair means so as to serve one's purpose : DOCTOR
– ma · nip · u · lat · able \ - ˌ l ā -t ə -b ə l \ adjective
– ma · nip · u · la · tion \ - ˌ ni-py ə - ' l ā -sh ə n \ noun
– ma · nip · u · la · tive \ - ' ni-py ə - ˌ l ā -tiv, -l ə - \ adjective
– ma · nip · u · la · tive · ly adverb
– ma · nip · u · la · tive · ness noun
– ma · nip · u · la · tor \ - ˌ l ā -t ə r \ noun
– ma · nip · u · la · to · ry \ -l ə - ˌ t ō r- ē , - ˌ to ̇ r- \ adjective