to administer medicine
1administer — ad·min·is·ter əd min ə stər vt, ad·min·is·tered; ad·min·ister·ing st(ə )riŋ to give (as medicine) remedially <the antibiotic may be administered orally or by injection> …
2administer — /ədˈmɪnəstə/ (say uhd minuhstuh), /æd / (say ad ) verb (t) 1. to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have charge of the execution of: to administer laws. 2. to bring into use or operation; dispense: to administer justice. 3. to make application …
3administer — administrant /ad min euh streuhnt/, n. /ad min euh steuhr/, v.t. 1. to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law. 2. to bring into use or operation: to administer justice; to administer last rites. 3.… …
4administer — ad•min•is•ter [[t]ædˈmɪn ə stər[/t]] v. t. 1) to direct or manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of 2) to bring into use or operation: to administer justice[/ex] 3) to dispense, esp. formally: to administer the… …
5medicine — /med euh sin/ or, esp. Brit., /med seuhn/, n., v., medicined, medicining. n. 1. any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy. 2. the art or science of restoring or preserving health or due physical condition …
6medicine — /ˈmɛdəsən / (say meduhsuhn), /ˈmɛdsən / (say medsuhn) noun 1. any substance or substances used in treating disease; a medicament; a remedy. 2. the art or science of restoring or preserving health or due physical condition, as by means of drugs,… …
7medicine — med•i•cine [[t]ˈmɛd ə sɪn[/t]] esp. brit. [[t]ˈmɛd sən[/t]] n. v. cined, cin•ing 1) med any substance used in treating disease or illness 2) med the art, science, or profession of preserving health and of curing or alleviating disease 3) med a)… …
8administer — administer, dispense come into comparison because they are used in certain idiomatic phrases, similar in wording but not always equivalent in meaning, such as administer justice or dispense justice; administer a medicine or dispense medicine;… …
9Administer — 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… …
10administer — administer, administrate For many centuries, the normal word corresponding to administration and meaning ‘to manage (affairs)’ has been administer • (The Rezzoris were minor Austrian gentry administering the outposts of empire London Review of… …
