Manipulate /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Manipulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Manipulating

1. To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus.
2. To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns; to manipulate the stock market.

1. To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand work;