Administer
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.
To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament.
To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc.
To tender, as an oath.
To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister.
To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.
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Administer Quotations
How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think.
Adolf Hitler
A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
James Madison
It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.
Thomas Sowell
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
Andrew Carnegie
I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
Elizabeth II
In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.
Walter Lippmann
The 'transition' involves the transfer of power from one president to another. In recent times, the incoming President has designated a Director of the Transition, a team leader, to oversee and administer the orderly transfer of power.
Richard V. Allen
I also administer the Internet Assigned Names Authority, which is the central coordinator for the Internet address space, domain names and Internet protocol conventions essential to the use and operation of the Internet.
Jon Postel
We have an obligation to live in harmony with creation, with our capital... with God's creation. And we need to administer and work that very carefully.
Bruce Babbitt
I find it exhausting to administer a magazine without an office or paid staff.
John Barton
Administer Translations
administer in Dutch is besturen, administreren, beheren
administer in French is administrer
administer in German is verwalten, administrieren, verwalte, verwalten
administer in Italian is amministrare
administer in Norwegian is forvalte, styre
administer in Portuguese is administre
administer in Spanish is administrar
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