† man-age Obs.
[f. man n.1 + age n.]
The age at which one becomes a man; one's majority.
1611 W. Sclater Key (1629) 172 Of youth they say, it must haue his swinge: when manage comes, mariage will bring staiednesse. a 1653 Gouge Comm. Heb. i. 10 In his Infancy... In his Man-age... After his Resurrection... In the time of his Ascention. 1674 J. B[rian] Harv.-Home ii. 7 In Childhood, Youth, and Man-age. |