Administer

ad-min′is-tėr, v.t. to manage as a steward, substitute, or executor: to supply: to conduct or execute, as offices of religion: to apply: to impose.— v.i. to bring aid (with to).— adjs. Admin′istrable , that may be administered; Admin′istrant .— n. Admin i strā′tion , the act of administering: management: dispensation of sacraments: the power or party that administers the government of the country.— adj. Admin′istrative , that administers.— n. Admin i strā′tor , one who manages or directs: the person to whom is committed, under a commi ion entitled Letters of Administration , the administration or distribution of the personal estate of any one dying intestate or leaving a will in which no executor is named:— fem. Admin i strā′trix .— n. Admin i strā′torship . [Through Fr. from L. admin i strāre —ad, to, and ministrāre , to minister.]