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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[F., fr.

manier

to manage, fr. L.

manus

hand.]

Manageable.

[Obs.]

Bacon.

Adj.

Manageable; tractable. [Not in use.]

maniable ‎(comparative more maniable, superlative most maniable)

(obsolete) manageable
- Francis Bacon
  And it is without all controversy, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to government; whereas ignorance makes them churlish, thwart, and mutinous […]

maniable m, f ‎(plural maniables)