About The Word Administer
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Administer
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What's The Definition Of Administer?
[v] give or apply, as of medications
[v] administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone" [v] administer ritually; of church sacraments [v] work in an administrative capacity; supervise; "administer a program" Synonyms | Synonyms for Administer: administrate | allot | deal | deal out | dish out | dispense | dispense | distribute | dole out | lot | mete out | parcel out | shell out Related Terms | Find terms related to Administer: abide by | accord | adhere to | administer justice | administrate | afford | allocate | allot | allow | apply | apportion | assign | award | be master | bestow | bestow on | captain | carry on | carry out | carry through | chair | chairman | command | communicate | complete | conduct | confer | consign | control | deal | deal out | deliver | direct | disburse | discharge | discipline | dish out | dispense | disperse | dispose | distribute | dole | dole out | donate | dose | dose with | effect | effectuate | enforce | enforce upon | execute | extend | fill out | force | force upon | fork out | fulfill | furnish | gift | gift with | give | give freely | give out | govern | grant | hand out | head | heap | help to | honor | impart | implement | inflict | issue | judge | lavish | lay on | lead | let have | make | make out | manage | measure out | mete | mete out | mete out to | observe | occupy the chair | offer | officer | officiate | oversee | parcel out | pass around | pay out | portion out | pour | prescribe for | present | preside | preside over | proffer | promulgate | prosecute | put in force | put on | put through | put upon | rain | ration | regulate | render | run | serve | share out | shell out | shower | sit in judgment | slip | snow | spoon out | stand over | strike | superintend | supervise | supply | tender | transact | vouchsafe | wield authority | yield See Also | apply | apply | assign | care | care for | deal | digitalize | execute | give | give | handle | inject | insufflate | manage | oversee | pontificate | portion | put to death | reallot | shoot | superintend | supervise | transfuse | treat Administer In Webster's Dictionary \Ad*min"is*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Administered};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Administering}.] [OE. aministren, OF.
aministrer, F. administer, fr. L. administrare; ad +
ministrare to serve. See {Minister}.]
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. --Pope.
2. To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to
administer relief, to administer the sacrament.
[Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.
--Philips.
Justice was administered with an exactness and
purity not before known. --Macaulay.
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.
--Macaulay.
4. To tender, as an oath.
Swear . . . to keep the oath that we administer.
--Shak.
5. (Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a
will, or whose will fails of an executor.
Syn: To manage; conduct; minister; supply; dispense; give
out; distribute; furnish.
\Ad*min"is*ter\, 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. --Spectator. 2. (Law) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B. \Ad*min"is*ter\, n. Administrator. [Obs.] --Bacon. |
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