administer: difference between revisions

 

===Etymology===

 

===Pronunciation===

 

===Verb===

{{en-verb}}

 

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To apportion out, distribute.

#* {{RQ:Macaulay History of England|passage=Justice was '''administered''' between man and man with an exactness and purity not before known.}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[manage]] or [[supervise]] the [[conduct]], [[performance]] or [[execution]] of; to [[govern]] or [[regulate]] the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an [[administrative]] capacity.

#* {{RQ:Pope Essay on Man|3|passage=For forms of government let fools contest: / Whate'er is best '''administered''' is best.}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[minister]] (to).

# {{lb|en|legal}} To [[settle]], as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an [[executor]].

# To give, as an oath.

#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Richard 2|I|iii|passage=Swear {{...}} to keep the oath that we '''administer'''.}}

 

====Related terms====

 

====Translations====

{{trans-top|to cause to take by openly offering or through deceit}}

* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|предписвам}}

* Catalan: {{t+|ca|administrar}}

* Czech: {{t+|cs|podat}}

* Dutch: {{t+|nl|toedienen}}

* French: {{t+|fr|administrer}}

* Galician: {{t+|gl|administrar}}

* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|bead}}

* Polish: {{t+|pl|podać|pf}}, {{t+|pl|podawać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|zadać|pf}}, {{t+|pl|zadawać|impf}}, {{t|pl|zaaplikować|pf}}, {{t+|pl|aplikować|impf}}

* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ministrar}}, {{t+|pt|administrar}}, {{t+|pt|aplicar}}

* Romanian: {{t+|ro|administra}}

* Russian: {{t+|ru|пропи́сывать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|прописа́ть|pf}} {{qualifier|prescribe}}, {{t+|ru|назнача́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|назна́чить|pf}}

* Spanish: {{t+|es|administrar}}

* Welsh: {{t+|cy|gweinyddu}}

{{trans-top|to work in an administrative capacity; to supervise}}

* Belarusian: {{t|be|адміністрава́ць|impf}}

* Catalan: {{t+|ca|administrar}}

* Chinese:

* Czech: {{t+|cs|spravovat}}

* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|administri}}

* French: {{t+|fr|administrer}}, {{t+|fr|gérer}}

* Galician: {{t+|gl|administrar}}

* Greek: {{t+|el|διοικώ}}

* Ido: {{t+|io|administrar}}

* Italian: {{t+|it|amministrare}}

* Japanese: {{t+|ja|管理|alt=管理する|tr=kanri suru}}

* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡴᠠᡩᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ}}

* Maori: {{t|mi|minita}}

* Polish: {{t+|pl|zarządzać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|administrować|impf}}

* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|administrar}}

* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|адмініструва́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|управля́ти|impf}}

* Welsh: {{t+|cy|goruchwylio}}, {{t+|cy|gweinyddu}}

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* Catalan: {{t+|ca|administrar}}

* Finnish: {{t+|fi|palvella}}, {{t+|fi|hoitaa}}

* French: {{t+|fr|administrer}}

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===Anagrams===

* {{anagrams|en|a=adeiimnrst|administre|mistrained|nitramides}}

 

==Latin==

 

===Noun===

 

# [[assistant]], [[helper]], [[supporter]]

====Declension====

{{la-ndecl|administer/administr<2>}}

 

===References===