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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To administer.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To administer; dispense; give; supply: as, “to administrate the sacraments,” Knox.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb rare To administer.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb to administer
  • verb computing the act or function of providing maintenance and general housekeeping for computer systems, networks, peripheral equipment, etc.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of

Etymologies

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Latin administratus, past participle of administrare.

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