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administer::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | administrate |
| Type of | handle, manage, deal, care |
| Has types | manage, superintend, supervise, pontificate, oversee |
| Derivation | administrable, administration, administrative |
administer a program.
she administers the funds.
administer::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | give, apply |
| Has types | insufflate |
administer the last unction.
Examples of administer
administer
Many physicians say they no longer administer it to people for medical purposes.
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It sounds like something an insane doctor might administer to a depressed plant.
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The students have already helped administer flu shots at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
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The only vein they could find to administer an intravenous drip was in her foot.
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A postpartum nurse came from another floor to administer morphine to the mother.
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Existing treatment is expensive, toxic and difficult to administer in the field.
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The board will administer the new common property tax levy and distribute funds.
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These brain doctors also are more than qualified to administer a mental checkup.
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Administer existing Oracle production, test and disaster recovery environments4.
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- Work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of; "administer a program"; "she administers the funds"
- Perform (a church sacrament) ritually; "administer the last unction"
- Distribute: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
- Give or apply (medications)
- Management in all business areas and organizational activities are the acts of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives efficiently and effectively. ...
- To cause to take, either by openly offering or through deceit; To apportion out, as in administering justice; 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 ...
- To discharge the duties of an office; to give (as in the giving of an oath).
- To pay the debts and wind up the business of a deceased person's estate. Also, to handle and dispose of properties of an estate by an executor, administrator or trustee in conformity with legal procedures and provisions of wills or trust instruments.
- To perform an ordinance, such as anointing the sick with oil or saying the set prayers to bless the bread and water of the sacrament.
