administer

Definitions

1. 1.To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament. [Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs. Philips. Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known. Macaulay.
2. 2.To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc. A noxious drug had been administered to him. Macaulay.
3. 3.To tender, as an oath. Swear . . . to keep the oath that we administer. Shak.
4. 4.(Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
5. 5.To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister. A fountain . . . administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place. Spectator.
6. 6.(Law) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.
7. 7.Administrator. [Obs.] Bacon.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is administer.

• What is to apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc. A noxious drug had been administered to him. Macaulay called?
• What is to tender, as an oath. Swear . . . to keep the oath that we administer. Shak called?
• What is to settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor called?
• What is to contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister. A fountain . . . administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place. Spectator called?
• What is to perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B called?