When you administer something, you give it to others. This can apply to a dose of medicine, an order, a survey, or a punishment. Administer can also mean to run something such as a school or an office.
To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of;
Verb
give or apply (medications)
Verb
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"
Verb
administer ritually; of church sacraments
Verb
work in an administrative capacity; supervise; "administer a program"
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.
v. t.
To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as,
to administer relief, to administer the sacrament.
v. t.
To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a
dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a
reproof, etc.
v. t.
To tender, as an oath.
v. t.
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.
v. i.
To perform the office of administrator; to act
officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.
n.
Administrator.
Administer
For forms of government let fools contest: Whate'er is best administered is best.2.
[Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.
Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known.3.
A noxious drug had been administered to him.4.
Swear . . . to keep the oath that we administer.5.
Administer
A fountain . . . administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place.2.
Administer
To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of;
To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister.
Administrator.
Usage Examples
It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
We cannot both preach and administer financial matters.
A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
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Other Usage ExamplesI cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
No man is the wiser for his learning it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
Whether it's possible or not, being a doctor, you take an oath. To care for your patient, not to kill them. You take an oath to do things that are proper in the medical world. Not to administer something outside of a hospital setting that's not even your area.
In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.
He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief.
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