Verb

(head)

(administer)

Verb

(en verb)

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

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

* Macaulay

A noxious drug had been administered to him.

To apportion out.

* Spectator

A fountain administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place.

* Macaulay

Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known.

* Philips

[Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.

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.

* Alexander Pope

For forms of government let fools contest: / Whate'er is best administered is best.

To minister (to).

administering to the sick

(legal) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.

To tender, as an oath.

* Shakespeare

Swear to keep the oath that we administer .

Verb

(head)

(take)

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}