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manage | huswife |

In context|obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between manage and huswife

is that manage is (obsolete) to bring about; to contrive while huswife is (obsolete) a worthless woman; hussy.

As verbs the difference between manage and huswife

is that manage is to direct or be in charge of while huswife is (said of a woman) to manage with frugality.

As nouns the difference between manage and huswife

is that manage is the act of managing or controlling something while huswife is (obsolete) a housewife.

manage

English

Verb

(manag)
  • To direct or be in charge of.
  • To handle or control (a situation, job).
  • To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
  • * (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
  • It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.ii:
  • The most vnruly, and the boldest boy, / That euer warlike weapons menaged [...].
  • To succeed at an attempt
  • * , chapter=7
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  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-11-30, volume=409, issue=8864, magazine=(The Economist), author=Paul Davis
  • , title= Letters: Say it as simply as possible , passage=Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“ On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?}}
  • To achieve without fuss, or without outside help.
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  • To train (a horse) in the manege; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
  • (obsolete) To treat with care; to husband.
  • (Dryden)
  • (obsolete) To bring about; to contrive.
  • (Shakespeare)

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * manageable * managed care * managed code * managed house * management * manager * managerial * unmanageable

    Noun

    (-)
  • The act of managing or controlling something.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.xii:
  • the winged God himselfe / Came riding on a Lion rauenous, / Taught to obay the menage of that Elfe [...].
  • * Francis Bacon
  • Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold.
  • * Shakespeare
  • the unlucky manage of this fatal brawl
  • (horseriding) .
  • See also

    * man * (projectlink)

    huswife

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A housewife.
  • (obsolete) A worthless woman; hussy.
  • *:
  • *:He cals her on a sudden, all to naught; she is a strumpet, a light huswife , a bitch, an arrant whore.
  • A small case containing scissors, thread, needles and other sewing things.
  • * 1811 , (Jane Austen), (w, ''Sense and Sensibility) , ch.38:
  • And for my part, I was all in a fright for fear your sister should ask us for the huswifes she had gave us a day or two before; but however, nothing was said about them, and I took care to keep mine out of sight.
  • * 1815 , Jane Austen, (Emma) , vol.2, ch.1:
  • I was sure it could not be far off; but I had put my huswife upon it, you see, without being aware, and so it was quite hid, but I had it in my hand so very lately that I was almost sure it must be on the table.

    Verb

    (huswif)
  • (said of a woman) To manage with frugality.