Administer
[əd'mɪnɪstə] or [əd'mɪnɪstɚ]
Definition
(verb.) give or apply (medications).
(verb.) perform (a church sacrament) ritually; 'administer the last unction'.
(verb.) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of; 'administer a program'; 'she administers the funds'.
(verb.) direct the taking of; 'administer an exam'; 'administer an oath'.
Inputed by Harlow--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament.
(v. t.) To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc.
(v. t.) To tender, as an oath.
(v. t.) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
(v. i.) To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister.
(v. i.) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.
(n.) Administrator.
Checker: Marge
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Dispense, give, distribute, supply, contribute, deal out, give out.[2]. Direct, manage, conduct, control, superintend, preside over.[3]. Tender, offer, proffer.
v. n. [1]. Contribute, conduce, be helpful.[2]. (Law.) Act as administrator.
Checked by Abram
Definition
v.t. to manage as a steward substitute or executor: to supply: to conduct or execute as offices of religion: to apply: to impose.—v.i. to bring aid (with to).—adjs. Admin′istrable that may be administered; Admin′istrant.—n. Administrā′tion the act of administering: management: dispensation of sacraments: the power or party that administers the government of the country.—adj. Admin′istrative that administers.—n. Administrā′tor one who manages or directs: the person to whom is committed under a commission entitled Letters of Administration the administration or distribution of the personal estate of any one dying intestate or leaving a will in which no executor is named:—fem. Administrā′trix.—n. Administrā′torship.
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Examples
- A praetor, therefore, was appointed to administer it in his stead. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I tell you, you want love to administer to your egoism, to subserve you. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But it is the universal weakness of mankind that what we are given to administer we presently imagine we own. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Barnacle family had for some time helped to administer the Circumlocution Office. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The true religion, properly administered, as the good Mother Church used to administer it, is very, very soothing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The question of the quantity which I am to administer presents certain difficulties. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She wished him very well; but he gave her pain, and his welfare twenty miles off would administer most satisfaction. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Mr. Helstone pushed up his spectacles from his nose to his forehead, handled his snuff-box, and administered to himself a portion of the contents. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She sat, hour after hour, looking at him, now softly arranging his pillow, and, while he had power to swallow, administered his drink. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I administered the fitting remedies, and left my sweet niece to watch beside him, and bring me notice of any change she should observe. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mr Riderhood got out his bottle, and fetched his jug-full of water, and administered a potation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Spain was administered badly, and settled slowly and with great difficulty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All the kindness which could be administered to a mind diseased I received from my mother and sister Fanny. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Justice, however, never was in reality administered gratis in any country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is well enough for parents to recognize this fact in administering medicines to their children. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I was urged by compassion to hasten to the hut, for the purpose of ascertaining his situation, and administering to his wants. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Now, doctor, I shall take the liberty of administering a dose myself, on my own responsibility. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- A stranger was administering her medicines--a stranger from the country--an odious Miss . William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But Celia was administering what she thought a sobering dose of fact. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- At each division administering a soft facer with one of the speckled fists. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Compared with this creative statesmanship, the administering of a routine or the battle for a platitude is a very simple affair. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- A reputable physician is solicitous regarding the permanent welfare of his patient and administers carefully chosen and harmless drugs. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Checker: Nanette