manipulate

/məˈnɪpjʊleɪt/verb

To handle, adjust, or work something skillfully with the hands.

Example sentence

“The dentist manipulated the tiny instruments with remarkable precision.”

The negative sense, controlling people by unfair means, now dominates; the neutral hands-on sense survives in medicine and science.

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