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▪ I. managing, vbl. n.|ˈmænɪdʒɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of the vb. manage.
1579J. Stubbes Gaping Gulf D j b, Then will he..leaue thys poore prouence to the mannaging of a viceroy. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. iv. 8 The knight, that aye with foe In fayre defence and goodly menaging Of armes was wont to fight. 1593Nashe Christ's T. 57 b, Wee kicke and winche, and will by no meanes endure his managing. 1596Drayton Legends iii. 579 He Me notice gave, What the proud Barons had in managing. 1607Hieron Wks. I. 407 The well ordring and managing of the wife is the glory of the husband. 1607Bp. Hall Holy Observ. i. (1609) 20 A charitable vntrueth, and an vncharitable truth, and an vnwise menaging of trueth or loue, are all to bee carefully auoyded. 1681–2Prideaux in Fox Bourne Locke (1876) I. viii. 470 Certainly there is some whig intrigue a-managing. 1682Bunyan Holy War 172 The handling of their arms, the managing of their weapons of war, were marvellous taking to Mansoul and me. 1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) I. A vij b, The Way of ordering and managing of Fowls. 1711Light to Blind in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 144 Their..officers signalized themselves in manageing of this last contention.
▪ II. ˈmanaging, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That manages.
1. Addicted to scheming or to assuming the direction of affairs.
a1715Burnet Own Time (1724) I. 475 She got him to be brought out of prison, and carried him to the Countess of Powis, a zealous managing Papist. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxxiii, That brisk, managing, lively, imperious woman.
2. Skilful and diligent in management; economical.
1754Richardson Grandison (1811) I. xiv. 89 Sir John spoke of him as a managing man, as to his fortune. 1797T. Wright Autobiog. (1864) 41 He was at this time as careful, sober, and managing a man as any in the neighbourhood. 1825E. Hewlett Cottage Comforts v. 36 A managing young woman, when she goes to the shop..will take care to look about her. 1894H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Rom. 25 With the advent of the charming and managing Kathleen, he drew no more upon his sadly-diminished capital.
3. Having executive control. managing clerk (clerk n. 6 b); managing director (director 1 b).
1766Life of Quin vi. (1887) 30 The general conditions were, two hundred pounds a year to each managing actor, and a clear benefit. 1799Times 1 June 1/3 (Advt.), Wanted..a managing clerk; he must understand well the Business of Conveyancing. 1847Disraeli Tancred ii. ix, You want a firstrate managing man. 1861Mill Repr. Govt. v. 91 Even a joint-stock company has always in practice, if not in theory, a managing director. 1865A. D. Richardson Secret Service 18, I found the Managing Editor in his office. 1866Mrs. H. Wood Elster's Folly II. x. 230 The lawyer laughed. ‘Hopkins did not know you; and strangers are generally introduced to..our managing clerk.’ 1897Havelock-Wilson Sp. Ho. Comm. 25 Jan., He did not say that..managing owners sent ships to sea for the purpose of gaining by insurance. 1902E. Banks Newspaper Girl 36 The managing-editor was an ex-Confederate colonel. Mod. The managing committee of the society. 1922Joyce Ulysses 484 They are immediately appointed to positions of high public trust..as managing directors of banks. 1940W. Temple Hope of New World i. 61 The great Managing Directors tend to rule the Boards of which they are at once both members and servants. 1972M. Gilbert Body of Girl xiv. 128 She started here as my secretary. Then..she took on a number of jobs herself. I suppose you'd have called her a managing clerk by that time. 1972J. McClure Caterpillar Cop iv. 47, I would have you know that the managing director of your paper is a personal friend of mine. 1974L. Meynell Fairly Innocent Little Man xiv. 180, I had a good job with a law firm. In time I daresay I would have become managing clerk. |