Administer
v. t.-
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 -
To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute;
as, to .administer relief, toadminister the sacrament - To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc.
- To tender, as an oath.
- (Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
v. i.
- To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister.
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(Law) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially;
as, A .administers upon the estate of B
n.
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Administrator.