Administrate vs. Administer
Administrate and Administer Definitions
Administrate
To administer.
Administer
To have charge of; manage.
Administrate
To administer
Administer
To give or apply in a formal way
Administer the last rites.
Administrate
(computing) the act or function of providing maintenance and general housekeeping for computer systems, networks, peripheral equipment, etc.
The job is to administrate the network.
Administer
To apply as a remedy
Administer a sedative.
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Administrate
To administer.
Administer
To direct the taking of (an oath).
Administrate
Work in an administrative capacity; supervise;
Administer a program
Administer
To mete out; dispense
Administer justice.
Administer
To manage (a trust or estate) under a will or official appointment.
Administer
To impose, offer, or tender (an oath, for example).
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Administer
To manage as an administrator.
Administer
To minister
Administering to their every whim.
Administer
(transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
Administer
(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.
Administer
(intransitive) To minister (to).
Administering to the sick
Administer
(legal) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
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Administer
To give, as an oath.
Administer
(transitive) (medicine) To give (a drug, to a patient), be it orally or by any other means.
Administer
(transitive) (medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
We administered the medicine to our dog by mixing it in his food.
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.
For forms of government let fools contest:Whate'er is best administered is best.
Administer
To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament.
[Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.
Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known.
Administer
To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc.
A noxious drug had been administered to him.
Administer
To tender, as an oath.
Swear . . . to keep the oath that we administer.
Administer
To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
Administer
To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister.
A fountain . . . administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place.
Administer
To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.
Administer
Administrator.
Administer
Work in an administrative capacity; supervise;
Administer a program
Administer
Administer ritually; of church sacraments
Administer
Administer or bestow, as in small portions;
Administer critical remarks to everyone present
Dole out some money
Shell out pocket money for the children
Deal a blow to someone
Administer
Give or apply (medications)
