administer
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- administre (obsolete)
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English admynistren, from Old French aminister, from Latin administrare (“to manage, execute”), from ad (“to”) + ministrare (“to attend, serve”), from minister (“servant”); see minister.
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[edit] Verb
administer (third-person singular simple present administers, present participle administering, simple past and past participle administered)
- (transitive) To cause to take, either by openly offering or through deceit.
- We administered the medicine to our dog by mixing it in his food.
- (transitive) To apportion out, as in administering justice.
- (transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
- (intransitive) To minister to, as in administering to the sick.
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[edit] Translations
to cause to take by openly offering or through deceit
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to work in an administrative capacity; to supervise
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to minister to the sick
[edit] External links
- administer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- administer in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] Noun
administer (genitive administri); m, second declension
[edit] Inflection
1 May also be administre.
