administer
verb (GIVE) /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stər/
/-stɚ/ Definition
› [T] formal to cause someone to receive something: to administer medicine/punishment/relief Tests will be administered to schoolchildren at seven and twelve years.figurative The latest opinion polls have administered a severe blow to the party.Giving, providing and supplying administer an oath to sb formal › to be present while someone says an oath (= a formal promise) officiallyCourt cases, orders and decisions
(Definition of administer verb (GIVE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- accommodate verb (SUIT)
- administration noun (GIVING)
- assign verb (CHOOSE)
- assign verb (GIVE LEGALLY)
- assignment noun
- award verb
- award-winning adjective
- give sth back phrasal verb
- give sth in phrasal verb
- give sth over to sth/sb phrasal verb
- give/hand sth to sb on a plate idiom
- go round (somewhere) phrasal verb
- purvey verb
- purveyor noun
- resource verb
- reward verb
- set sth/sb up phrasal verb
- surrender verb (GIVE)
- tender noun (OFFER)
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