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verb

Administer v. t. (past & past part. administered; pres. part. administering)

1.

To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state. "For forms of government let fools contest: Whate'er is best administered is best."

2.

To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament. "(Let zephyrs) administer their tepid, genial airs." "Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known."

3.

To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc. "A noxious drug had been administered to him."

4.

To tender, as an oath. "Swear... to keep the oath that we administer."

5.

(Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.

Synonyms: To manage; conduct; minister; supply; dispense; give out; distribute; furnish.

Administer v. i.

1.

To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister. "A fountain... administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place."

2.

(Law) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.

noun

Administer n. Administrator. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Administer'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... closed its sittings; the text of the Act had been long in our hands; commissioners were announced to right the wrongs of the land question, and two high officials, a chief justice and a president, to guide policy and administer law in Samoa. Their coming was expected with an impatience, with a childishness of trust, that can hardly be exaggerated. Months passed, these angel-deliverers still delayed to arrive, and the impatience of the natives became changed to an ominous irritation. They have had much experience ...

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... took him into intimacy. When the Divan was dismissed Nur al-Din returned to his house and related what had passed to his father- in-law who rejoiced. And thenceforward Nur al-Din ceased not so to administer the Wazirate that the Sultan would not be parted from him night or day; and increased his stipend and supplies until his means were ample and he became the owner of ships that made trading voyages at his ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 • Richard F. Burton

... and Missouri are comparatively mild; yet in Missouri it is death to prepare or administer medicine without the master's consent, unless it can be proved that there was no evil intention. The law in Virginia is similar; it requires proof that there was no evil intention, and that the medicine produced no ...

— An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans • Lydia Maria Child

... more life in one "self-approving hour,"-one act of benevolence,—one work of self-discipline,—than in threescore years and ten of mere sensual existence. Go out among the homes of the poor, lift up the disconsolate, administer comfort to the forlorn; in some way, as it may come across your path, or lie in the sphere of your duty, do a deed of kindness; and in that one act you shall live more than in a year of selfish ...

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