2. To manage with address or art; to scheme.

{ Ma*neu"ver, Ma*nœu"vre, } v. t. To change the positions of, as of

troops of ships.

{ Ma*neu"ver*er (?), Ma*nœu"vrer (?), } n. One who maneuvers.

This charming widow Beaumont is a nanœuvrer. We can't well make an

English word of it.

Miss Edgeworth.

Man"ful (?), a. Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave,

courageous, resolute, noble. " Manful hardiness." Chaucer. --

Man"ful*ly, adv. -- Man"ful*ness, n.

Man"ga*bey (?), n. [So called by Buffon from Mangaby, in Madagascar,

where he erroneously supposed them be native.] (Zoöl.) Any one of

several African monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, as the sooty mangabey

(C. fuliginosus), which is sooty black. [Also written mangaby.]

Man"gan (?), n. See Mangonel.

Man"ga*nate (?), n. [Cf. F. manganate.] (Chem.) A salt of manganic

acid.

The manganates are usually green, and are well-known compounds, though

derived from a hypothetical acid.

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