Verb

(head)

(manhandle)

Verb

(manhandl)

(nautical) To move something heavy by force of men, without aid of levers, pulleys, machine, or tackles.

* 1876 , , "Bridegroom Dick":

I see him—Tom—on horse-block standing,

Trumpet at mouth, thrown up all amain,

An elephant's bugle, vociferous demanding

Of topmen aloft in the hurricane of rain,

"Letting that sail there your faces flog?

Manhandle it, men, and you'll get the good grog!"

To assault or beat up a person.

* 1918 , , The Forty-Niners , ch. 13:

The polls were guarded by bullies who did not hesitate at command to manhandle any decent citizen indicated by the local leaders.

To mishandle; to handle roughly; to mangle.

* 1996 April 21, Barbara Stewart, " Another Harvest: One Farm, One Life," New York Times (retrieved 6 Nov 2012):

She yells at people who manhandle the tomatoes or break the beans.

To control (a machine, vehicle, situation, etc.) by means of physical strength.

* 2010 July 3, Juliet Macur, " Riders Gird for Four Challenging, Engrossing Stages of the Tour," New York Times (retrieved 6 Nov 2012):

Riders who succeed on this terrain are able to manhandle their bike as it rattles over the bumps.

Verb

(head)

(comply)

Verb

(en-verb)

To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform.

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

Yet this be sure, in nothing to comply , / Scandalous or forbidden in our law.

* (John Tillotson) (1630-1694)

They did servilely comply with the people in worshiping God by sensible images.

* 1664? , , (Hudibras)

He that complies against his will / Is of his own opinion still.

*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied .}}

*

(label) To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.

* 1599 , , II. ii. 371:

Let me comply with you in this / garb, lest my extent to the players, which I tell you must / show fairly outwards, should more appear like entertainment / than yours.

(label) To fulfill; to accomplish.

(Chapman)

(label) To enfold; to embrace.

* (1591-1674)

Seemed to comply , / Cloudlike, the daintie deitie.