"Administer" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
To discharge the duties of an office; to take charge of business; to manage affairs; to serve in the conduct of affairs, in the application of things to their uses; to settle aud distribute the estate of a decedent
To tender, as an oath.
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.
To perform the office of administrator; to act
officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.
Administrator.
To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a
dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a
reproof, etc.
To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce;
to minister.
To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as,
to administer relief, to administer the sacrament.
To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a
will, or whose will fails of an executor.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
Read the complete definitionIn Roman law. one who act-ed for another; one who attended to an-otber's business; a manager or agent. A slnve …
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Read the complete definitionA petty love affair or amour.
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