administering

English

Verb

administering

1. present participle of administer

Noun

administering (plural administerings)

1. administration
   • 2002, Wendy Woodward, Gary Minkley, Deep Histories: Gender and Colonialism in Southern Africa (page 17)

     This "body to be cared for, protected, cultivated and preserved from the many dangers and contacts" required other bodies that would perform those nurturing services, providing the leisure for such self-absorbed administerings and self-bolstering acts.