administer
/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stə/
To give, be it orally or by any other means; To apportion out, distribute; To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of
- he/she/it
- administers
- past participle
- administered
Meanings
- 1
To give (a drug, to a patient), be it orally or by any other means
The doctor administered medicine to the patient.
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- 2
To apportion out, distribute
- 3
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
To minister (to)
- 5
To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executorrare
- 6
To give, as an oathrare
- 7
To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceitrare