Administer

ad-min'is-ter, v. [administered (-terd> -tering.] To manage; to dispense; to give or tender. (Law.) To settle, as an estate. — To contribute; to bring aid. (Law.) To perform the office of administrator. [L. ad and mini str are, -tratum, to serve.] — Admin iste'rial, a. Pert, to admistration. — Admin'istrable, a. Capable of being, etc. —Administration, n. The act of administering; the executive part of the government; distribution; the persons collectively intrusted with executing laws and superintending public affairs. (Law.).Management of the estate of one deceased. — Admin'istra'- tive, -tiv, a. Administering. — Admln'istra'tor, n. — Admin'istra'torship. n. Office of, etc. — Admin'- istra'trix, n. A woman who administers.