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administer
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Word definitions for administer in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Administer \Ad*min"is*ter\, v. i. 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. --Spectator. (Law) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES administer an injection formal (= give sb an injection ) ▪ She was taught how to administer an injection. administer poison formal (= give it to someone ) ▪ He could not have administered the poison that had put Mark ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To cause to take, either by openly offering or through deceit. 2 (context transitive English) To apportion out. 3 (context transitive English) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., administren , aministren "to manage as a steward," from Old French amenistrer "help, aid, be of service to" (12c., Modern French administrer , the -d- restored 16c.), and directly from Latin administrare "to help, assist; manage, control, guide, ...
Usage examples of administer.
Though the ground was covered with snow, and the weather intensely cold, he travelled with such diligence, that the term prescribed by the proclamation was but one day elapsed when he reached the place, and addressed himself to sir John Campbell, sheriff of the county, who, in consideration of his disappointment at Fort-William, was prevailed upon to administer the oaths to him and his adherents.
Ignorant priests or astrologers administered drugs, concerning the properties of which they had no knowledge, to appease the wrath of mythological deities.
The only difference between the schools is in the remedies employed, the size of dose administered, and the results attained.
But for domestic use we cannot advise its employment, as it is liable to injure the invalid, when its action is carried too far, which is apt to be the case, when not administered under the supervision of a competent physician.
This agent may be administered in doses of from five to ten drops, largely diluted in water or gruel.
It should generally be administered during the intervals between the febrile paroxysms.
It is sometimes administered in scarlet and typhus fevers, and in all diseases in which there is a tendency to putrescence.
In severe hemorrhages, this quantity should be administered every half hour, until the bleeding is checked.
In doses of from twenty to sixty drops of the fluid extract, administered in a cup of warm water or herb-tea on going to bed, we have found it very effectual for breaking up recent colds.
Our favorite mode of administering both veratrum and aconite is to add ten drops of the tincture to ten or fifteen teaspoonfuls of water, of which one teaspoonful may be administered every hour.
It should be administered in very small doses to secure the best results.
The Compound Extract of Smart-weed should be administered in some diaphoretic herb-tea.
During the sweating stage the patient should be left alone, but as soon as the perspiration ceases, from two to four of the Purgative Pellets should be administered, as a gentle cathartic.
During the height of the fever, tincture of aconite maybe given and an alkaline sponge-bath administered with advantage.
Its efficacy may be increased in this disease by adding to each bottle one ounce of the acetate of potash, and, when thus modified, it may be administered in the same manner as if no addition had been made to it.