Administer
Administer ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Old English aministren, Old French aministrer, French administer, from Latin 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.
2.
To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament.
[Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.
Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known.
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.
4.
To tender, as an oath.
Swear... to keep the oath that we administer.
5.
(Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
Administer , intransitive verb
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.
2.
(Law) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.
Administer , noun
Administrator. [Obsolete] — Bacon