vt. 管理, 料理, 执行

vi. 执行遗产管理人的职责, 给予帮助

[医] 旋, 投, 给(药)

Administer \Ad*min"is*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Administered};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Administering}.] [OE. aministren, OF.
aministrer, F. administer, fr. L. administrare; ad +
ministrare to serve. See {Minister}.]
1. 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. --Pope.

2. To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to
administer relief, to administer the sacrament.

[Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.
--Philips.

Justice was administered with an exactness and
purity not before known. --Macaulay.

3. 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.
--Macaulay.

4. To tender, as an oath.

Swear . . . to keep the oath that we administer.
--Shak.

5. (Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a
will, or whose will fails of an executor.

Syn: To manage; conduct; minister; supply; dispense; give
out; distribute; furnish.


Administer \Ad*min"is*ter\, v. i.
1. 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.

2. (Law) To perform the office of administrator; to act
officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.


Administer \Ad*min"is*ter\, n.
Administrator. [Obs.] --Bacon.