manipulate

/mษ™หˆnษชpjสŠleษชt/

IPA: /M AH0 N IH1 P Y AH0 L EY0 T/

verb
  1. 1

    To move, arrange or operate something using the hands

  2. 2

    To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something

  3. 3

    To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose

  4. 4

    To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use

  5. 5

    To use the hands, especially in scientific experiments.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/manipulate