What does administer mean?

Definitions for administer
ædˈmɪn ə stərad·min·is·ter

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. administer, administrateverb

    work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of

    "administer a program"; "she administers the funds"

  2. administerverb

    perform (a church sacrament) ritually

    "administer the last unction"

  3. distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole outverb

    administer or bestow, as in small portions

    "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"

  4. administer, dispenseverb

    give or apply (medications)

  5. administerverb

    direct the taking of

    "administer an exam"; "administer an oath"

Wiktionary

  1. administerverb

    To cause to take, either by openly offering or through deceit.

    We administered the medicine to our dog by mixing it in his food.

  2. administerverb

    To apportion out, as in administering justice.

  3. administerverb

    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.

  4. administerverb

    To minister to, as in administering to the sick.

  5. Etymology: From admynistren, from aminister, from administrare, from ad + ministrare, from minister; see minister.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To ADMINISTERverb

    Etymology: administro, Lat.

    Let zephyrs bland
    Administer their tepid genial airs;
    Naught fear he from the west, whose gentle warmth
    Discloses well the earth’s all-teeming womb. Philips.

    For forms of government let fools contest,
    Whate’er is best administer’d, is best. Alexander Pope, Essay on Man.

    Have not they the old popish custom of administering the blessed sacrament of the holy eucharist with wafer-cakes? Richard Hooker, b. iv. § 10.

    Swear by the duty that you owe to heav’n,
    To keep the oath that we administer. William Shakespeare, Richard II.

    I was carried on men’s shoulders, administering physick and phlebotomy. Lionel Wafer, Voyage.

    I must not omit, that there is a fountain rising in the upper part of my garden, which forms a little wandering rill, and administers to the pleasure, as well as the plenty, of the place. Spectator, №. 477.

    Neal’s order was never performed, because the executors durst not administer. Scriblerus Club , Martin. Scribler.

ChatGPT

  1. administer

    Administer generally refers to managing or supervising the execution, use, or conduct of something. This could entail giving out or applying a particular resource, treatment, or law, running the operations of a business or organization, or managing affairs in a particular area or sphere.

  2. administer

    Administer generally means to manage, direct, or oversee the operations of an organization or the execution of a task. It can also refer to dispensing or giving, such as administering medication or justice. It encompasses making decisions, implementing rules, and directing resources to achieve a specific goal or objective.

  3. administer

    To administer is to manage, direct, or supervise the operation, execution, or conduct of affairs, tasks, or responsibilities. It can also refer to dispensing or giving out something, such as medications or justice, or it can mean to perform or carry out a procedure or ritual.

  4. administer

    To administer means to manage, direct, control, or oversee the operations or execution of an organization, system, process, or task. It also refers to the act of dispensing, giving, or applying a remedy, law, or a sacrament.

  5. administer

    Administer generally means to manage, operate, or supervise the execution, use, or conduct of something. It can relate to managing and implementing rules, laws, policies, or systems in an organization. It could also refer to providing or applying something such as a medication, test, or justice.

  6. administer

    Administer refers to the process of managing, directing, organizing, or providing something such as a task, process, or system. It may also refer to the act of dispensing or giving out something, such as a medicine or an oath. It relates to overseeing the operation of things, implementing plans or policies, and controlling the conduct of affairs.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Administerverb

    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

  2. Administerverb

    to dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament

  3. Administerverb

    to apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc

  4. Administerverb

    to tender, as an oath

  5. Administerverb

    to settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor

  6. Administerverb

    to contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister

  7. Administerverb

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

  8. Administernoun

    administrator

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Administer

    ad-min′is-tėr, 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. [Through Fr. from L. administrāre—ad, to, and ministrāre, to minister.]

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    Rank popularity for the word 'administer' in Verbs Frequency: #749

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of administer in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of administer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of administer in a Sentence

  1. Elizabeth II:

    I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else-I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.

  2. Franklin D. Roosevelt:

    We have here a human as well as an economic problem. When humane considerations are concerned, Americans give them precedence. The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fibre. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit.

  3. Joseph Baker:

    I have been pressured by police to administer ketamine.

  4. Education Minister Ziya Selcuk:

    We plan to administer vaccines to our teachers, who will be starting in-person education, throughout February.

  5. Andrew Carnegie:

    Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

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