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Definition of Administer
Ad`min´is`ter | v. t. | 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. | | 2. | To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament. | | 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. | | 4. | To tender, as an oath. | | 5. | (Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor. | | v. i. | 1. | To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister. | | 2. | (Law) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B. | | n. | 1. | Administrator. |
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