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administer
[ ad-min-uh-ster ]
verb (used with object)
- to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of:
to administer the law.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,
- to bring into use or operation: to administer last rites.
to administer justice;
to administer last rites.
Synonyms: , ,
- to make application of; give:
to administer medicine.
- to supervise the formal taking of (an oath or the like).
- Law. to manage or dispose of, as a decedent's estate by an executor or administrator or a trust estate by a trustee.
verb (used without object)
- to contribute assistance; bring aid or supplies (usually followed by to ):
to administer to those in need of aid.
- to perform the duties of an administrator:
She administers quite effectively.
administer
/ əˈɪɪə /
verb
- also intr to direct or control (the affairs of a business, government, etc)
- to put into execution; dispense
administer justice
- whenintr, foll by to to give or apply (medicine, assistance, etc) as a remedy or relief
- to apply formally; perform
to administer extreme unction
- to supervise or impose the taking of (an oath, etc)
- to manage or distribute (an estate, property, etc)
Other yvlog Forms
- ···ٰԳ [ad-, min, -, uh, -str, uh, nt], noun
- ԴDza·i·ٰԳ adjective
- -·i·ٱ adjective
- -·i·ٱ·Բ adjective
- ܲa·i·ٱ adjective
- ɱ-·i·ٱ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
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Example Sentences
According to the filed complaint, Watkins had administered anesthesia to the patient, a triathlete whom he considered to be in excellent health, and who had the appropriate vital signs on the day of surgery.
“One-hundred-sixty-two and 0!” one fan shouted Thursday, while administering two-handed high-fives to passers-by.
It administers both federal grants to states and discretionary grants to individual library entities, and it is one of the funders that made “Free for All” possible.
Elderly residents wandered off without supervision, medications weren’t properly administered, and emergency pull cords in some bedrooms didn’t work, the state alleged.
His willingness to call for a shrinking of the workforce that administers the payments, as well as proposed closings of regional offices, has caused no end of agita among Republican politicians.
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