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administer - 8 dictionary results

ad⋅min⋅is⋅ter

[ad-min-uh-ster]
–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


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


1. conduct, control, execute; direct, superintend, supervise, oversee. See rule. 2. distribute, supply, furnish.
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).
  2. To mete out; dispense: administer justice.
  3. To manage or dispose of (a trust or estate) under a will or official appointment.
  4. 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.

Administer

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.

Administer

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.

Administer

Ad*min"is*ter\, n. Administrator. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Language Translation for : administer
Spanish: administrar,
German: verwalten,
Japanese: 扱って処理する

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.

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

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>
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