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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Administer \Ad*min"is*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Administered};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Administering}.] [OE. aministren, OF.
     aministrer, F. administer, fr. L. 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.
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              For forms of government let fools contest:
              Whate'er is best administered is best. --Pope.
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     2. To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to
        administer relief, to administer the sacrament.
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              [Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.
                                                    --Philips.
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              Justice was administered with an exactness and
              purity not before known.              --Macaulay.
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     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.
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              A noxious drug had been administered to him.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     4. To tender, as an oath.
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              Swear . . . to keep the oath that we administer.
                                                    --Shak.
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     5. (Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a
        will, or whose will fails of an executor.
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     Syn: To manage; conduct; minister; supply; dispense; give
          out; distribute; furnish.
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