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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Administer \Ad*min"is*ter\, verb (used with an object) [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.
For forms of government let fools contest: Whate'er is best administered is best. --Pope.
2. 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.
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.
A noxious drug had been administered to him. --Macaulay.
4. To tender, as an oath.
Swear . . . to keep the oath that we administer. --Shak.
5. (Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
Syn: To manage; conduct; minister; supply; dispense; give out; distribute; furnish.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Administer \Ad*min"is*ter\, verb (used without an object)
1. 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.
2. (Law) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Administer \Ad*min"is*ter\, noun Administrator. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
administer
verb
1: work in an administrative capacity; supervise; "administer a program" [syn: {administrate}]
2: administer ritually; of church sacraments
3: 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" [syn: {distribute}, {mete out}, {deal}, {parcel out}, {lot}, {dispense}, {shell out}, {deal out}, {dish out}, {allot}, {dole out}]
4: give or apply (medications) [syn: {dispense}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
131 Moby Thesaurus words for "administer": abide by, accord, adhere to, administer justice, administrate, afford, allocate, allot, allow, apply, apportion, assign, award, be master, bestow, bestow on, captain, carry on, carry out, carry through, chair, chairman, command, communicate, complete, conduct, confer, consign, control, deal, deal out, deliver, direct, disburse, discharge, discipline, dish out, dispense, disperse, dispose, distribute, dole, dole out, donate, dose, dose with, effect, effectuate, enforce, enforce upon, execute, extend, fill out, force, force upon, fork out, fulfill, furnish, gift, gift with, give, give freely, give out, govern, grant, hand out, head, heap, help to, honor, impart, implement, inflict, issue, judge, lavish, lay on, lead, let have, make, make out, manage, measure out, mete, mete out, mete out to, observe, occupy the chair, offer, officer, officiate, oversee, parcel out, pass around, pay out, portion out, pour, prescribe for, present, preside, preside over, proffer, promulgate, prosecute, put in force, put on, put through, put upon, rain, ration, regulate, render, run, serve, share out, shell out, shower, sit in judgment, slip, snow, spoon out, stand over, strike, superintend, supervise, supply, tender, transact, vouchsafe, wield authority, yield
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