ADMINISTERS

Verb

administers

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of administer

Source: Wiktionary


ADMINISTER

Ad*min"is*ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Administered; p. pr. & vb. n. Administering.] Etym: [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)

Definition: 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)

Definition: To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.

Ad*min"is*ter, n.

Definition: Administrator. [Obs.] Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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