Definition of administer

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Administer (v. t.) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor..

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Administrable :: Administrable (a.) Capable of being administered; as, an administrable law..
Voir Dire :: Voir dire () An oath administered to a witness, usually before being sworn in chief, requiring him to speak the truth, or make true answers in reference to matters inquired of, to ascertain his competency to give evidence..
Administratrix :: Administratrix (n.) A woman who administers; esp., one who administers the estate of an intestate, or to whom letters of administration have been granted; a female administrator..
Medicine :: Medicine (n.) Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic.
Administrant :: Administrant (n.) One who administers.
Interdict :: Interdict (n.) A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices or enjoying the privileges of the church..
Manage :: Manage (n.) To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle.
Housel :: Housel (v. t.) To administer the eucharist to.
Kingly :: Kingly (superl.) Belonging to, suitable to, or becoming, a king; characteristic of, resembling, a king; directed or administered by a king; monarchical; royal; sovereign; regal; august; noble; grand..
Sacramentize :: Sacramentize (v. i.) To administer the sacraments.
Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent.
Baptist :: Baptist (n.) One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See Anabaptist..
Administration :: Administration (n.) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management..
Judge :: "Judge (v. i.) A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose..
Porte :: Porte (n.) The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered..
Physic :: Physic (v. t.) To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge..
Comforter :: Comforter (n.) One who administers comfort or consolation.
Dispensation :: Dispensation (n.) A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations..
Division :: Division (n.) One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.
Dualist :: Dualist (n.) One who administers two offices.
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