manipulate

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the hands.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something.
  3. Verb.  (transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose.

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