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administrable

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ad⋅min⋅is⋅tra⋅ble

[ad-min-uh-struh-buhl]
–adjective
capable of being administered: a bureaucracy so vast that it's no longer administrable.

Origin:
1810–20; administr(ate) + -able
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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).

  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.
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