handle
[han-dl]
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noun
verb (used with object), han·dled, han·dling.
verb (used without object), han·dled, han·dling.
to behave or perform in a particular way when handled, directed, managed, etc.: The troops handled well. The jet was handling poorly.
Origin of handle
before 900; (noun) Middle English handel, Old English hand(e)le, derivative of hand; (verb) Middle English handelen, Old English handlian (cognate with German handlen, Old Norse hǫndla to seize), derivative of the noun
Synonyms for handle
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handle
noun
verb (mainly tr)
Word Origin for handle
Old English; related to Old Saxon handlon (vb), Old High German hantilla towel
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