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Administering

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ad⋅min⋅is⋅ter

  [ad-min-uh-ster]
Use Administering in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
2. to bring into use or operation: to administer justice; to administer last rites.
3. to make application of; give: to administer medicine.
4. to supervise the formal taking of (an oath or the like).
5. Law. to manage or dispose of, as a decedent's estate by an executor or administrator or a trust estate by a trustee.
–verb (used without object)
6. to contribute assistance; bring aid or supplies (usually fol. by to): to administer to the poor.
7. to perform the duties of an administrator: She administers quite effectively.
Origin:
1325–75; < L administrāre to assist, carry out, manage the affairs of (see ad-, minister ); r. ME amynistre (with a- 5 ) < MF aministrer

Related forms:
ad⋅min⋅is⋅trant  [ad-min-uh-struhnt] , noun

Synonyms:
1. conduct, control, execute; direct, superintend, supervise, oversee. See rule. 2. distribute, supply, furnish.
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ad·min·is·ter   (ād-mĭn'ĭ-stər)   
v.   ad·min·is·tered, ad·min·is·ter·ing, ad·min·is·ters

v.   tr.

  1. To have charge of; manage.

    1. To give or apply in a formal way: administer the last rites.

    2. To apply as a remedy: administer a sedative.

    3. To direct the taking of (an oath).

  3. To mete out; dispense: administer justice.

  4. To manage or dispose of (a trust or estate) under a will or official appointment.

  5. To impose, offer, or tender (an oath, for example).

v.   intr.

  1. To manage as an administrator.

  2. To minister: administering to their every whim.


[Middle English administren, from Old French administrer, from Latin administrāre : ad, ad- + ministrāre, to manage (from minister, ministr-, servant; see minister).]
ad·min'is·tra·ble (-ĭ-strə-bəl) adj., ad·min'is·trant adj. & n.
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Word Origin & History

administer 
c.1374, "to manage as a steward," from O.Fr. aministrer, from L. administrare "serve, manage," from ad- "to" + ministrare "serve" (see minister). Used of medicine, etc., "to give," from 1541. Administration "executive part of the government" first recorded 1731. Sense of "period in office of a U.S. president" is from 1796.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ad·min·is·ter
Pronunciation: &d-'mi-n&-st&r
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -is·tered; -is·ter·ing
transitive verb 1 : to manage the affairs of (as a government or agency)
2 a : to direct or supervise the execution, use, or conduct of <administer a trust fund> b : to settle (an estate) under a court appointment as administrator or executor
3 a : to give ritually <administer an oath> b : to give (as a narcotic) for the purpose of ingesting intransitive verb 1 : to perform the office of an administrator or executor
2 : to manage or conduct affairs —ad·min·is·tra·ble /&d-'mi-n&-str&-b&l/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ad·min·is·ter
Pronunciation: &d-'min-&-st&r
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms:ad·min·is·tered; ad·min·ister·ing /-st(&-)ri[ng]/
: to give remedially (as medicine) administered is determined by the doctor —Morris Fishbein>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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