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#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Richard 2|I|iii|passage=Swear {{...}} to keep the oath that we '''administer'''.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|medicine}} To give (a drug, to a patient), be it orally or by any other means.
# {{lb|en|transitive|medicine}} To cause (a patient, human or animal) to [[ingest]] (a drug), either by [[openly]] [[offer]]ing or through [[deceit]].▼
#: {{ux|en|We '''administered''' the medicine to our dog by mixing it in his food.}}
▲# {{lb|en|transitive|medicine}} To cause (a patient, human or animal) to [[ingest]] (a drug), either by [[openly]] [[offer]]ing or through [[deceit]].
#* {{RQ:Macaulay History of England|chapter=15|passage=A noxious drug had been '''administered''' to him.}}
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