administer | ||
1. | [ verb ] work in an administrative capacity; supervise | |
Synonyms: | administrate | |
Examples: | "administer a program" |
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Related terms: | manage oversee pontificate administration administration presidency administrator | |
2. | [ verb ] administer ritually; of church sacraments | |
Related terms: | give give insufflate execute | |
3. | [ verb ] administer or bestow, as in small portions | |
Synonyms: | distribute deal dispense allot dole_out deal_out lot dish_out parcel_out shell_out mete_out | |
Examples: | "administer critical remarks to everyone present" "dole out some money" "shell out pocket money for the children" "deal a blow to someone" |
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Related terms: | give assign give deal reallot dispenser allotment dispenser deal allocator distributor | |
4. | [ verb ] give or apply, as of medications | |
Synonyms: | dispense | |
Related terms: | treat give inject digitalize digitalize transfuse administration dispensation dispensation give | |
Similar spelling: |
administrate administrivia administrator administrable admonitory admonisher adamantine adamant adenine adamance admonition |