Maneuver
(Ma*neu"ver, Ma*nœu"vre) n. [F. manœuvre, OF. manuevre, LL. manopera, lit., hand work,
manual labor; L. manus hand + opera, fr. opus work. See Manual, Operate, and cf. Mainor, Manure.]
1. Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.
2. Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; stratagem.
Maneuver
(Ma*neu"ver, Ma*nœu"vre), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Maneuvered (#) or Manœuvred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Maneuvering or Manœuvring ] [Cf. F. manœuvrer. See Maneuver, n.]
1. To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with
reference to getting advantage in attack or defense.
2. To manage with address or art; to scheme.
Maneuver
(Ma*neu"ver, Ma*nœu"vre), v. t. To change the positions of, as of troops of ships.
Maneuverer
(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. Manful
(Man"ful) a. Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave, courageous, resolute, noble. "
Manful hardiness." Chaucer. — Man"ful*ly, adv. — Man"ful*ness, n.
Mangabey
(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.]
Mangan
(Man"gan) n. See Mangonel.
Manganate
(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.
