maneggiare

Italian (Fiorentino)

verb
Definitions
  • to use with a technical purpose; to handle
  • to mould or sculpt
  • to master
  • to administer
  • (sports) to train a horse (for horseracing)
  • (rare) to exploit someone's submissiveness or passivity
  • (rare) to palpate an animal for slaughter to check the degree of fattening

Etymology

Inherited from Latin *manidiāre, manus (hand, handwriting, power), *-idiāre (verbalizing suffix).

Origin

Latin

*-idiāre

Gloss

verbalizing suffix

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