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administered 音标拼音: [ədm'ɪnəstɚd] Administer \ Ad* min" is* ter\, v. t. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster] For forms of government let fools contest: Whate' er is best administered is best. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament. [ 1913 Webster] [ Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs. -- Philips. [ 1913 Webster] Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] A noxious drug had been administered to him. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To tender, as an oath. [ 1913 Webster] Swear . . . to keep the oath that we administer. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To manage; conduct; minister; supply; dispense; give out; distribute; furnish. [ 1913 Webster]
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