3. Artful management; as, the manipulation of political bodies;
sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception or
fraud.
Ma*nip"u*la*tive (?), a. Of or pertaining to manipulation; performed by
manipulation.
Ma*nip"u*la`tor (?), n. One who manipulates.
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Ma*nip"u*la*to*ry (m*np"*l*t*r), a. Of or pertaining to manipulation.
||Ma"nis (m"ns), n. [NL., fr. L. manes the ghosts or shades of the
||dead. So called from its dismal appearance, and because it seeks for
||its food by night.] (Zoöl.) A genus of edentates, covered with large,
||hard, triangular scales, with sharp edges that overlap each other
||like tiles on a roof. They inhabit the warmest parts of Asia and
||Africa, and feed on ants. Called also Scaly anteater. See Pangolin.
{ Man"i*to (?), Man"i*tou (?), Man"i*tu (?) }, n. A name given by
tribes of American Indians to a great spirit, whether good or evil, or
to any object of worship. Tylor.
Gitche Manito the mighty, The Great Spirit, the creator, Smiled
upon his helpless children!
Longfellow.
Mitche Manito the mighty, He the dreadful Spirit of Evil, As a
serpent was depicted.
Longfellow.
Man"i*trunk (?), n. [L. manus hand + E. trunk.] (Zoöl.) The anterior
segment of the thorax in insects. See Insect.
Man`kind" (?), n. [AS. mancynn. See Kin kindred, Kind, n.] 1. The human
race; man, taken collectively.
The proper study of mankind is man.
Pore.
2. Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of human race.
Lev. xviii. 22.