administered

Verb

administer (third-person singular simple present administers, present participle administering, simple past and past participle administered)

1. (transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
   • [Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.1708, [John Philips], “Book I”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 3
2. (transitive) 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 capacity.
   • For forms of government let fools contest: / Whate'er is best administered is best.1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC
3. (intransitive) To minister (to).
   • administering to the sick
4. To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
5. To give, as an oath.
   • Swear […] to keep the oath that we administer.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
6. (transitive) To give (a drug, to a patient), be it orally or by any other means.
   • We administered the medicine to our dog by mixing it in his food.

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