Manning
[mæn]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Man
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Definition
n. the act of supplying with men.
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Examples
- Whether Mr. Murderer and Mrs. Murderess Manning were not both unusually stout people? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Smith was selected for the delicate duty of manning the boats and surprising the enemy's pickets on the south bank of the river. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Scarcely waiting for their craft to touch, the creatures manning them leaped among the therns with the fury of demons. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Cope and Cooper of Pennsylvania obtained a patent in 1826, and Manning obtained one in 1831. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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