Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Administer
adjust (adjusted, -s)admirable (-r)
administer, v. [OFr < L. ad- + ministrĂ£re, serve, manage.]
Distribute; dispense; confer; endow; [legal] serve as executor of; dispose of the goods and manage the estate of; apply the natural laws and results of; [word play] contribute to; provide to; give to.
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