administerv.

Brit.

/ədˈmɪnᵻstə/, U.S.

/ədˈmɪnᵻstər/

Forms:

α. Middle English adminystre, Middle English admynister, Middle English–1500s admynyster, Middle English–1500s admynystre, Middle English–1700s administre, Middle English– administer, 1500s admynystyr, 1800s admeenister (Scottish).

β. Middle English aminister, Middle English aministre, Middle English ammynistre, Middle English ammynyster, Middle English amynistre.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French aministrer, administrer.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French aministrer, administrer (French administrer ) to take care of, look after (mid 12th cent. in Old French as amenistrer ), (in religious contexts) to serve (c1180), to manage (late 12th cent.), to take charge, to supply (both beginning of the 13th cent.), to dispense (a sacrament) (13th cent.; also in passive ‘to be given (a sacrament)’ (1486 in the passage translated in quot. a1492 at sense 4c)), to manage public affairs, govern (a1359), to perform, carry out (1372 or earlier), (of a will) to execute (c1399 or earlier), to dispense (justice) (a1410) < classical Latin administrāre to be a helper, assist, to minister (to), to operate, work, to perform, carry out, conduct, to hold or perform the duties of (an office), to manage the affairs of, to manage (an estate), to bestow (on), to dispose of, in post-classical Latin also to dispense (a sacrament) (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < ad- ad- prefix + ministrāre minister v. Compare Old Occitan aministrar (12th cent.), Catalan administrar (1181 as aministrar ), Spanish administrar (late 13th cent. as aministrar ), Portuguese administrar (15th cent. as amenistrar , aministrar ), Italian amministrare (a1292), and also Dutch administreeren (1540), Middle Low German administrēren , German administrieren (1478). Compare earlier minister v.

a. transitive. Originally: to perform or execute (a task, office, etc.). Later also (now more usually): to carry out or oversee the tasks necessary for the running of (an organization) or the effecting of (a state of affairs); to manage, run (an operation, affairs, etc.); to manage the affairs of (an institution, community, etc.). Cf. minister v. 3.

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society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > manage or administer

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to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handa1522

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to dispose of1573

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to carry on1638

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1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 10 (MED) Myne executours forseyd wolle take charge to-gederes to administre and to parfourne trewly this testament.

?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iv. pr. vi. l. 3891 God..amynistreþ in many maneres and in dyuerse tymes by destyne þilke same þinges þat he haþ disponed.

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxxiv. f. lxxxij^v The gouernement of a Reame..shold be admynystred and executed by suche as were of grettest bounte.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxiiii Whyle I admynystred the offyce of commen doynge, as in rulyng of the stablysshmentes amonges the people.

1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum i. xxiv. 33 To speake of the common wealth, or policie of Englande, it is gouerned, administred, & manured by three sortes of persons.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 291 They that administer the secular affairs of the Church.

1689 P. Alix Exam. Scruples Oath of Allegiance 1 They [sc. some Lords] agreed with the Commons, in declaring King James II. uncapable of Administring the Government.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Such Bishops, as, during the Vacancy of a See, administer'd the Bishopric, till a Successor to the deceased Bishop had been elected.

1786 J. Gillies Hist. Anc. Greece II. xxxi. 330 The archons, or magistrates, appointed by the Ten Thousand to administer the general concerns of the Arcadian nation.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. x. 630 It might well be..that..regents would continue to administer the government in the name of vagrant and mendicant kings.

1865 G. Grote Plato I. xix. 564 Pericles administered Athens.

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation §4. 109 Each college has one or more bursars who administer the finances.

1903 Westm. Gaz. 7 Sept. 10/2 A special meeting..for the purpose of electing a Vicar-Capitular to administer the See of Southwark during the vacancy.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVI. 205/2 Elected family leaders..form village or district councils to administer group affairs.

1983 A. Mason Illusionist v. 155 The kingdom was divided up, and for thirty-five years its most turbulent region..was administered directly..by a series of military governors.

2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 17 Dec. 92/1 Governments..farm out their responsibilities to private firms that claim to administer them more cheaply and better than the state can itself.

b. intransitive with object implied. To engage in administration or administrative tasks.

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1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic II. iv. i. 513 Much incapacity to govern was revealed in this inordinate passion to administer.

1911 6th Ann. Rep. Carnegie Found. for Advancem. of Teaching 114 It is their business to govern, not to administer, but to remain always in such close touch with the administration as to know how it is being carried on.

1978 S. Heaney in A. N. Jeffares Yeats, Sligo, & Ireland (1980) 58 Yeats..propagandised, speechified, fund-raised, administered, and politicked.

2004 H. Rothman in H. Cravens Social Sci. go to Washington iii. vi. 143 Laying the onus on government to administer and to be fair-minded at the same time.

a. transitive. To give, supply, or furnish to a person or (occasionally) thing. Frequently with to (also unto). Also with double object.Originally used mainly with reference to something beneficial, or assumed to be beneficial, to the recipient.

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the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)]

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i-yevec1275

to give (requite, etc.) into one's bosomc1386

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hand1650

to lay on1942

the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > give out or issue

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the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > anything assumed beneficial

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a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 2 Cor. ix. 10 (MED) He forsoþe þat admynystrys [L. administrat] þe seed to þe sowande, he schal lene þe bred to ete.

c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 40 (MED) Moises, with oute any exceptinge and ayenputtinge, this releef ammynistrede hem and curteysliche took it hem.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. xxi. 219 Euery noble man shulde peyne him self after hys powere to administre unto him helthe of witte and aduyse.

1506 tr. Kalender of Shepherdes sig. Kv Magnyfycens is a Ioyeous clerenes of courage admynystrynge thynges laudable & magnyfycencyall that is to saye hye or grete.

1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes sig. k.iv^v To administer instruction, in any thing [secular] vnto the Prince, was not the Priests office.

1605 A. Munday tr. G. Affinati Dumbe Divine Speaker 273 We must stay a while, vntil the heate of anger be ouer..And then is best to administer the healthfull strengthning of louing rebukes.

1651 I. Penington Fund. Right of People sig. B^v It is not often changing either backward or forward..which will administer relief.

a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 56 A place that administred meanes of such debauchednesse.

1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 38. 243 The Joy which this Temper of Soul administers.

1758 J. Rutherford Thoughts on Believers Baptism ii. 72 They sound a solemn Warning..and administer a deep Rebuke to the Children of Men.

1789 D. Ramsay Hist. Amer. Revol. I. ii. 91 These annual orations administered fuel to the fire of liberty.

1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon Concl. 463 An infinitely more economical and facile mode of administering refreshment to a jaded animal.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. vii. 169 She kept him by her side to nurse the baby and administer posset to the gossips.

1865 Morning Star 31 Mar. By invading the North he might administer his old antagonists another severe blow.

1911 M. T. Daviess Rose of Old Harpeth vi. 188 The comely mother of the seven..administering refreshment in the form of bread and jam to all of her own.

1973 A. Buzo Norm & Ahmed 12 He tried to hang one on me at Leichhardt Oval once, so I administered a knuckle sandwich to him.

1990 Ring Oct. 62/2 With Green on rubbery legs, referee Al Rothenberg administered a standing eight-count.

2008 New Scientist 12 Apr. 23/2 The animal's skull and neck were well adapted for administering a single killer bite to large prey.

b. transitive. spec. To apply or give (a medicine, a drug, a particular treatment, etc.); to treat a person with (something); to deliver a dose of. Cf. minister v. 8.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [verb (transitive)] > administer (treatment)

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apply?a1425

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?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 161^v, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Peril Þes ben þo stupefactiues..aminister hem neuer in no place but ȝif þei be wele repressed & in perile of deþ.

?1541 R. Copland Formularie of Helpes of Woundes & Sores in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Yiij Admynyster a gobletful whan he goth to bed, and he shal slepe.

1599 E. Topsell Times Lament. 1 The Physicians surcease to administer medicines, and leaue him to be lamented by his friendes.

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. i. xxiii. 49 [He] was long and very sicke of a quartaine Ague, neither could have wished successe from medicines administred according to Arte, untill [etc.].

1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 537 The Physitians administring this operation.

1743 tr. L. Heister Gen. Syst. Surg. I. i. 277 His Attendants should stand ready..to..administer the Dressings.

1788 P. Marsden Acct. Island Jamaica 40 They sometimes do much mischief by administering poisons.

1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 109 If a surgeon..administers mercury in one of the diseases.

1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 153 The man whose duty it was to administer the drug mingled in a bowl.

1912 Lancet 12 Oct. 1020/2 A quarterly census of the blood of the population should be taken before administering the quinine.

1957 P. Bowles Let. 2 Oct. in In Touch (1994) 276 They want to try electroplexy..but..she herself must sign the release permitting them to administer the treatment.

1988 E. Segal Doctors xxvii. 409 Dr Jack Lesley..administered a hundred milligrams of Nembutal to put her out.

2004 Daily Tel. 25 May 5/1 She told her carers they must not..administer the Heimlich manoeuvre should she begin to choke.

3. transitive. To execute or dispense (justice). Cf. minister v. 7.

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the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (transitive)] > execute (justice, vengeance, etc.)

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society > law > administration of justice > [verb (transitive)] > carry into effect

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1443 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 234 (MED) It is commaunded..þat þei make redy þeir complaintes & delivere hem up, and ryȝt shal be administred unto hem.

c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 131 We delygently and trewly shalle travayle..that justyse be admynystryde and done in the same realme of Fraunce.

1509 Bp. J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Av^v And admynystre ryght and Justyce to euery party.

1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum i. viii. 8 Some one then whom God had endewed with singular wisedome..to administer iustice.

a1645 R. Baker Theatrum Redivivum (1662) 69 Were ever any Times known in this State more Civil?..so virtuous, that Iustice, never more duly administred.

1707 D. Manley Almyna i. i. 7 Do not you Swear..T' administer to all your People Justice?

1799 J. Leyden Hist. Sketch Discov. & Settlem. Afr. vi. 45 He administers justice, according to the opinion of his counsel, without pretending to be inspired by the prophet.

1828 J. Morier Adventures Hajji Baba I. xiv. 158 The shah's throne, on which he sits to administer justice.

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. viii. 286 The citizens disliked the rule of William on account of the strict justice which he administered.

1918 Rep. Supreme Court S. Carolina 108 532 The human heart demands that justice be administered in accordance with equity, good conscience, sound reason, and divine morality.

1958 C. Achebe Things fall Apart xx. 125 He [sc. Okonkwo] knew..that he had lost his place among the nine masked spirits who administered justice in the clan.

2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) xv. 307 The role of those who administered justice had to be to say ‘no’ when the state overstepped the mark.

4. Christian Church.

a. intransitive. To dispense a sacrament; (more generally) to perform the functions of a minister or priest; to minister (to a person, congregation, etc.). Cf. minister v. 5.

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society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > perform rite(s) [verb (intransitive)]

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ceremonize1633

liturgize1830

ceremonialize1948

1468 [implied in: 1468 in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 389 Eythir he shulde be a pope or els in dyspeyr to be depryved de omni beneficio ecclesiastico for symony, lechory, periory,..and for admynystryng wythout auctoryte. (at administering n.)].

1590 J. Greenwood in H. Barrow & J. Greenwood Coll. Certain Lett. & Conf. iii. 57 By the Bishops calling, you administer, and by none other.

1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation i. 29 A true vocation and calling: by..ordination of that faithfull people, where he is to administer.

1710 C. Wheatly Church of Eng. Man’s Compan. vi. 128 Almost all Churches in the World do administer in much after the same manner.

1755 Douglass's Summary State Brit. Settlements N.-Amer. (new ed.) I. viii. 439 A minister could not administer but to his own congregation.

a1804 J. Gano Biogr. Mem. (1806) 26 The example of Christ, in the places where he administered, and the reasons why he administered in those places.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire vii. 325 The satisfaction of forcing his priest to administer by fear of the secular judges.

1967 W. E. Barrett Red Lacquered Gate i. ii. 35 He wanted to..bring Christ into places where He was unknown, to administer and to console and to convert.

2002 A. L. Gomez-Jefferson Sage of Tawawa i. 19 Traveling twelve miles to his circuit every Saturday to administer to his small congregation.

b. transitive. To execute or perform (a religious office); to dispense (a sacrament).

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society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > administration of communion > perform communion [verb (transitive)]

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1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. xxxiiij/1 The chirche is halowed, for tadmynystre there the sacramentes of the chirche.

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica ii. 76 By that she vnderstode of the deuyne sacrefyces by her solempnly admynystred.

1549 J. Ponet tr. B. Ochino Tragoedie Unjuste Usurped Primacie sig. P.i What other power or authoritie shoulde you haue therby..to administer the Sacraments accordynge to Christes institucion?

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xiii. 222 We in our Churches haue both the Gospell preached, and the Sacramentes..administred.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. viii. 19 This grace which is administred by vs.

1676 Elegy Death Mr. Pledger & Mr. Wells (single sheet) The First of them having Preached Twice, and Administred the Lords Supper the very day of His Dissolution.

1735 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) I. 17 I..administered the Lord's Supper to six or seven communicants.

1799 Impartial Hist. War, from Commencem. Revol. France 216/1 Mr. Edgeworth said mass, and administered the sacrament to the King.

1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. ix. 336 It was thought proper to administer extreme unction to him.

1886 J. Monahan Rec. Ardagh & Clonmacnoise 37 In those penal times, Dr. O'Flynn was compelled to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation under very distressing circumstances.

1947 G. M. Brydon Virginia's Mother Church iv. 28 Sir Samuel Argall..was making request that the archbishop give him authority to administer the Holy Communion.

1999 Times 23 June 21/6 At one stage a priest was called to administer extreme unction.

c. transitive. To administer a sacrament or sacraments, esp. the last rites, to (a person). Now rare.

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a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xlii. f. lxx/2 I neuer receyued hym syth I was admynystred [Fr. ie fuz administree; L. communicavi] in the chyrche of saynt Iohan.

1685 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1907) 4 271 Having bin two hours with him, he administered him.

1742 in J. O. Payne Old Eng. Catholic Missions (1889) 28 April 28. I administered Charles Robinson, of Wensley, recovered. May 2. I administered Frank Stabler at East Witton, he dyed.

1809 Lady Bedingfeld Diary 4 July in Jerningham Lett. (1896) I. 342 My Father was much better. Mr. F. went in the morning at seven, and administered him.

1890 J. Payne tr. M. Bandello Novels V. 328 Then, the priest offering to..administer him, he..said that he was not presently minded to receive the Corpus Domini.

1944 S. Leith-Ross Afr. Conversat. Piece 75 Being at death's door, she was administered.

5. Chiefly Law.

a. intransitive. To act as an executor or administrator of a person's estate or property. Frequently with on (also upon).

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1469 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 547 Dawbneys..executors ar sore callyd vpon for to admynyster by þe..Byshop, or ellys he seythe that he wyll seqwester.

1601 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law vii. 44 He shall not haue an action of debt against the executour of his coexecutour, although the partie indebted did not administer in his life time.

1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xxxiii. 127 If any person dyed, and none durst administer,..then would I be sure to make my self a principal Creditor by a forged Bond.

1741 Mem. Martinus Scriblerus 10 in A. Pope Wks. II Neale's Order was never performed, because the Executors durst not administer.

1768 G. G. Beekman Let. 4 May in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) II. 715 I shall remitt it you as soon as possible I have administered on said Estate.

1870 J. Pinkerton Guide to Admin. 9 When a stranger is about to administer, a renunciation should be obtained in writing from those who are by law entitled.

1949 Sioux County (Iowa) Index 6 Jan. 5/3 C. S. and J. W. Bushby were re-appointed executors to administer upon the property found.

1960 Southwestern Hist. Q. 63 523 [He] had administered on his estate and had obtained a headright certificate for one-third of a league of land.

2000 West's Bankruptcy Reporter 252 165/1 During the pendency of this case, the Chapter 7 Trustee actively administered upon the assets of the estate.

b. transitive. To manage and dispose of (the estate or property of a deceased or incapable person), in accordance with the terms of a will or by official appointment (see administration n. 5). Also more generally: to dispose of, or have responsibility for disposing of (a person's property).

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society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > bequeath by will [verb (transitive)] > carry out provisions of will

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1502 Star Chamber Proc. in Home Counties Mag. (1906) 8 265 The goodes & cattalles of the said Richard Bronde, whiche she hath fully adminystred.

?c1530 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 57 Peyse wisely the besynes & the purpose of them wich ammynyster thy goodes.

?1575 J. Hooker Orders Enacted for Orphans f. 40 The wife, which is the Executrix, or doo administer her husbands goods.

1603 Articles Church-wardens & Sworne-men Diocese Winchester sig. B2 Whether there be any in your Parish, that administer the goods of those that be dead without lawfull authoritie.

1674 J. Godolphin Orphans Legacy i. xx. 37 He that refused may Administer the Testators Goods at his pleasure.

1722 Abridgem. Publick Laws Virginia 122 You will well and truly administer..the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased.

1789 J. M'Nayr Syst. Eng. Conveyancing 302 An executorial power to administer the whole goods of the deceased..is vested in the executor.

1806 W. D. Evans tr. R. J. Pothier Treat. Law of Obligations I. ii. vi. 250 The emancipation [of minors] only gives them the power of administering their own goods.

1854 F. S. Williams New Pract. Court of Chancery (App. of Forms) 184 (heading) Special form of order for administering the estate of a married woman.

1879 A. W. Tourgee Figs & Thistles 466 The mental incapacity of Colonel Woodley having been duly certified to.., General Churr was therefore appointed to control and administer the estate during the continuance of said incapacity.

1900 L. Duff-Gordon Story of Assisi iii. 95 The richer [lepers]..forming quite a community with the right of freely administering their own goods.

1937 R. Wright Revels in Jamaica i. 24 As Mr. Callender died intestate, she administered his estate.

1993 A. L. Erickson Women & Prop. Early Mod. Eng. iii. viii. 136 Her second husband administered her estate, and after her other debts was left with a £47 deficit.

2010 J. L. Dickerson Inside America's Concentration Camps iii. 54 If she did not appoint a person to administer the property, the government would confiscate it.

a. transitive. To practise (a particular profession or art, esp. medicine). Now rare.

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?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Cj, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens They that by reason & Methode admynyster [Fr. administrent] the arte of medycyne do cure y^e vlceres.

1847 (title) An allegorical tale, being the history of Gill Binklets,..Snipie Dickles,..and some of their contemporaries..; with a brief sketch of administering the art of horsemanship.

1858 Med. Times & Gaz. 22 May 537/1 Our author has his own opinions about medicine, and his opinions differ from those of most men who now administer the art.

1865 Eclectic Med. Jrnl. Aug. 364 He would justify..a desperate and wicked phlebotomist..in walking in and administering the allopathic art of blood-letting.

1908 Humanitarian Rev. May 156 Ancient Mexico had its State hospitals, where skilled physicians and trained nurses..administered their healing art with tender care.

b. intransitive. To give medical treatment or attention to someone.

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1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. i. 55 No lesse then three at least, if not foure Parson-Physitians had administred to him.

1659 H. H. Burnell tr. Aristophanes Worlds Idol sig. D2^v With great gravity he administred to all the diseased according to their several necessities.

1791 C. Hamilton tr. Hedàya IV. xliv. iv. 97 A physician, in administering to a strange woman, is permitted to look at the part affected.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 47 The patient must, however, administer to himself.

1917 H. Hunt & F. C. Kaylor Washington, West of Cascades I. x. 81 Doctor Whitman while administering to a sick Indian, was struck in the head with a tomahawk.

1991 W. Mitchinson Nature of their Bodies (1994) viii. 238 Patent medicines allowed women..to administer to themselves and take control of their own health.

a. intransitive. To attend or minister to (a person's needs, desires, etc.).

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1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 82^v The frende whom we chuse..may Councell vs, and of habilitie and wealth, the better to administer to our necessities and lackes.

1675 W. Cave Antiquitates Apostolicæ Introd. p. i, in Bp. J. Taylor & W. Cave Antiquitates Christianæ Officers in his Church,..who might..administer to the needs and exigencies of his Family.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 472. ⁋1 Would such gouty Persons administer to the Necessities of Men disabled like themselves.

1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France (1789) I. xiv. 99 Who are supposed to administer to the King's pleasures.

1830 H. Lee Mem. Manager II. vi. 9 Are no lacqueys kept to administer to idle caprices?

1872 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board III. xi. 164 He was soon able to administer to the comfort of his associates.

1919 Outing Mar. 319/2 We were soaking him in liniment and hot water, feeding him the delicacies of the season, and otherwise administering to his physical comforts.

1999 B. Thornhill & W. J. MacDonald In the Morning 546 For the next thirty-five years, he would administer to the needs of the homeless and destitute.

b. intransitive. To contribute beneficially, be conducive to. Now rare.

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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > types of help > [verb (transitive)] > lend (aid) to bring about a result > lend contributory aid to

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to contribute to (also for) or to do1605

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1608 C. Lever Heauen & Earth, Relig. & Policy 104 All other things bee onely so farreforth cared for, as may administer to a mans Christian necessity.

1712 Spectator No. 477. ⁋1 A Fountain..administers to the Pleasure, as well as the Plenty of the Place.

1854 Lardner's Museum Sci. & Art I. 15 Besides these qualities,..the atmosphere administers to our convenience and pleasures in other ways.

1895 Argosy Sept. 506/1 He had always wished his only child to have all that could possibly administer to his present enjoyment and future well being.

1912 J. A. Wayland Leaves of Life 207 Whenever anything is used to administer to the needs or pleasures of any person not so engaged.

8. transitive. To offer (an oath) for swearing (to a person); to officiate at the swearing of (an oath).

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the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise, vow, or pledge [verb (intransitive)] > administer an oath to a person

takec1300

to have, make, take (a person) swornc1400

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1589 J. Penry Th'appellation 43 If you refuse the oath, to prison you shall goe. For we administer it, Ex officio.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 176 Sweare by the duty that y'owe to God..To keepe the oath that we administer .

1610 Let. (Virginia Council) 7 July in A. Brown Genesis U.S (1890) I. iii. 407 I..elected unto me a counsaile, unto whome I administred an oath of faith, assistance, and secresy.

1727 E. Calamy Contin. Acct. Ministers I. 177 At the Presentation for Degrees, certain Oaths use to be administer'd by each of the Proctors.

a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) IV. i. 4 To administer an oath to him.

1801 M. Edgeworth Prussian Vase in Moral Tales III. 35 The oath which has just been administered to you.

1834 John Bull 13 July 219/1 The cases on the Crown side were principally Unionists, charged with administering unlawful oaths.

1884 Law Times Rep. 19 Apr. 239/1 It seemed almost a profaneness to administer the oath of canonical obedience in the sense in which he was prepared to take it.

1930 Glasgow Herald 8 Nov. 10 The terms of the oath administered to the members of the Kirkcudbright Incorporation of Tailors a century and a half ago..was as follows.

1990 F. Dannen Hit Men (1991) x. 191 Supposedly, Armone's loyalty oath had been administered by the family patriarch, Carlo Gambino himself.

2010 ‘D. Gregory’ Last Christian xlvi. 365 As an officer approached him to administer the oath, I heard the door to the committee chamber open.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	administer
释义	administern. Brit. /ədˈmɪnᵻstə/, U.S. /ədˈmɪnᵻstər/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s administre, 1500s admenister, 1500s admynyster, 1500s– administer. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin administer. Etymology: < classical Latin administer assistant, helper, supporter < ad- ad- prefix + minister minister n. Compare Middle French administre (late 14th cent. in an uncertain and apparently isolated attestation), and also Anglo-Norman administour , probably an alteration (with dissimilation) of administrour (see administerer n.). Compare earlier administer v. Compare also administrator n. Now rare. 1. A person who administers something (in various senses); an administrator.Some later examples may represent a typographical error for administerer. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator purveyora1387 provisora1393 controller1422 administrator1440 administera1443 administrant1602 admin1629 conductor1634 dispensatora1649 dispenser1654 manager1682 mesnagier1693 prepositor1698 wielder1723 administrador1803 policeman1806 administrative1813 manipulator1823 runner1893 case manager1969 society > faith > worship > sacrament > [noun] > administering > one who administers ministera1425 administrator1563 administer1607 administrant1814 a1443 Chancery Petitions (P.R.O.) Ser. CP1 File 12 No. 4 (MED) Of trouthe sho was neuer executrice ne administre as executrice of the testament of the saide John Knyght. 1505 F. Marsin et al. Rep. Ferdinand of Arragon in J. Gairdner Historia Regis Henrici Septimi (1858) 257 He callynge hym selfe govornor and admenister of the said reames..for the said quyn his dowȝghter. 1591 S. Cottesford Treat. against Traitors sig. D4^v The execution of them [sc. laws and statutes] by the administers of iustice. 1607 T. Rogers Faith, Doctr., & Relig. 135 The publike ministers of the word, are to be the Administers of the Sacraments. 1654 J. Reynolds Flower of Fidelity (new ed.) 121 Rather then I will once consent to thy lascivious demand..I will voluntarily be the administer of mine owne untimely martyrdom. 1775 J. Cartwright Amer. Independence (new ed.) Postscript 26 Introducing into government an oracular mysteriousness, in order to give the administers of it a sacerdotal power. 1832 Moral Reformer 1 Mar. 95 There can be no civilization where there exists no Government..and no law where there is no submission to the administers of that law. 1896 R. Palmer Memorials I. xlviii. 288 He [sc. Sir Robert Peel] was too apt an administer for the system to be a really great man. 1917 C. M. Walsh Socialism iv. 68 Especially weak would be one [sc. a confederation] whose only function is to serve as an administer of business. 1999 M. MacPherson She came to live out Loud xvii. 284 Jan's science background makes him an assured administer of morphine. †2. a. An act or instance of ministering to others. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1506 Thordynarye of Crysten Men (new ed.) iv. xxi. sig. Xvi^v To make admynysters [Fr. faire administrer] vnto the poore. b. A person who ministers to others; a minister; (also) an attendant, a servant, a functionary. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun] esnec950 hindc1230 servant1340 servitor1419 ministrer?a1425 servera1425 myrona1450 obeisantc1475 servient1541 lout1567 squire1570 roguea1616 administer1677 minion1820 ancillary1867 sweater1900 1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes sig. g.vi Gouernaunce maye in no wyse suffer an equal companyon, ne..be diuided into the rule of twoo sundrie administers. ?1567 Def. Priestes Mariages (new ed.) Pref. sig. A.j^v Wordes..addressed to your graces spirituall administers Bishops and your Commissaries. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ To Rdr. sig. A4^v They [sc. letters] serve the dead and living; they becom Attorneys and Administers. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 172 These Apuleius cals Administers and Salvation-bringers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). administerv. Brit. /ədˈmɪnᵻstə/, U.S. /ədˈmɪnᵻstər/ Forms: α. Middle English adminystre, Middle English admynister, Middle English–1500s admynyster, Middle English–1500s admynystre, Middle English–1700s administre, Middle English– administer, 1500s admynystyr, 1800s admeenister (Scottish). β. Middle English aminister, Middle English aministre, Middle English ammynistre, Middle English ammynyster, Middle English amynistre. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French aministrer, administrer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French aministrer, administrer (French administrer ) to take care of, look after (mid 12th cent. in Old French as amenistrer ), (in religious contexts) to serve (c1180), to manage (late 12th cent.), to take charge, to supply (both beginning of the 13th cent.), to dispense (a sacrament) (13th cent.; also in passive ‘to be given (a sacrament)’ (1486 in the passage translated in quot. a1492 at sense 4c)), to manage public affairs, govern (a1359), to perform, carry out (1372 or earlier), (of a will) to execute (c1399 or earlier), to dispense (justice) (a1410) < classical Latin administrāre to be a helper, assist, to minister (to), to operate, work, to perform, carry out, conduct, to hold or perform the duties of (an office), to manage the affairs of, to manage (an estate), to bestow (on), to dispose of, in post-classical Latin also to dispense (a sacrament) (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < ad- ad- prefix + ministrāre minister v. Compare Old Occitan aministrar (12th cent.), Catalan administrar (1181 as aministrar ), Spanish administrar (late 13th cent. as aministrar ), Portuguese administrar (15th cent. as amenistrar , aministrar ), Italian amministrare (a1292), and also Dutch administreeren (1540), Middle Low German administrēren , German administrieren (1478). Compare earlier minister v. 1. a. transitive. Originally: to perform or execute (a task, office, etc.). Later also (now more usually): to carry out or oversee the tasks necessary for the running of (an organization) or the effecting of (a state of affairs); to manage, run (an operation, affairs, etc.); to manage the affairs of (an institution, community, etc.). Cf. minister v. 3. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > manage or administer steerc888 leadc1175 guyc1330 guidec1374 governa1382 ministera1382 treat1387 administer1395 dispose1398 skift?a1400 warda1400 solicit1429 to deal with1469 handlea1470 execute1483 convoy?a1513 conveyc1515 mayne1520 to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handa1522 keepa1535 administrate1538 solicitate1547 to dispose of1573 manure1583 carry1600 manage1609 negotiate1619 conduct1632 to carry on1638 mesnage1654 nurse1745 work1841 operate1850 run1857 stage-manage1906 ramrod1920 1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 10 (MED) Myne executours forseyd wolle take charge to-gederes to administre and to parfourne trewly this testament. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iv. pr. vi. l. 3891 God..amynistreþ in many maneres and in dyuerse tymes by destyne þilke same þinges þat he haþ disponed. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxxiv. f. lxxxij^v The gouernement of a Reame..shold be admynystred and executed by suche as were of grettest bounte. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxiiii Whyle I admynystred the offyce of commen doynge, as in rulyng of the stablysshmentes amonges the people. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum i. xxiv. 33 To speake of the common wealth, or policie of Englande, it is gouerned, administred, & manured by three sortes of persons. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 291 They that administer the secular affairs of the Church. 1689 P. Alix Exam. Scruples Oath of Allegiance 1 They [sc. some Lords] agreed with the Commons, in declaring King James II. uncapable of Administring the Government. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Such Bishops, as, during the Vacancy of a See, administer'd the Bishopric, till a Successor to the deceased Bishop had been elected. 1786 J. Gillies Hist. Anc. Greece II. xxxi. 330 The archons, or magistrates, appointed by the Ten Thousand to administer the general concerns of the Arcadian nation. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. x. 630 It might well be..that..regents would continue to administer the government in the name of vagrant and mendicant kings. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. xix. 564 Pericles administered Athens. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation §4. 109 Each college has one or more bursars who administer the finances. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 7 Sept. 10/2 A special meeting..for the purpose of electing a Vicar-Capitular to administer the See of Southwark during the vacancy. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVI. 205/2 Elected family leaders..form village or district councils to administer group affairs. 1983 A. Mason Illusionist v. 155 The kingdom was divided up, and for thirty-five years its most turbulent region..was administered directly..by a series of military governors. 2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 17 Dec. 92/1 Governments..farm out their responsibilities to private firms that claim to administer them more cheaply and better than the state can itself. b. intransitive with object implied. To engage in administration or administrative tasks. ΚΠ 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic II. iv. i. 513 Much incapacity to govern was revealed in this inordinate passion to administer. 1911 6th Ann. Rep. Carnegie Found. for Advancem. of Teaching 114 It is their business to govern, not to administer, but to remain always in such close touch with the administration as to know how it is being carried on. 1978 S. Heaney in A. N. Jeffares Yeats, Sligo, & Ireland (1980) 58 Yeats..propagandised, speechified, fund-raised, administered, and politicked. 2004 H. Rothman in H. Cravens Social Sci. go to Washington iii. vi. 143 Laying the onus on government to administer and to be fair-minded at the same time. 2. a. transitive. To give, supply, or furnish to a person or (occasionally) thing. Frequently with to (also unto). Also with double object.Originally used mainly with reference to something beneficial, or assumed to be beneficial, to the recipient. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] forgivec900 giveOE besetc1230 deala1250 i-yevec1275 to give (requite, etc.) into one's bosomc1386 yarka1400 wevec1400 yatec1400 administera1425 bequeathc1440 employa1492 exhibit1548 communicate1553 endue1587 cast1612 hand1650 to lay on1942 the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > give out or issue administera1425 utter1529 erogate1531 disburse1594 vent1616 porrect1746 the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > anything assumed beneficial administera1425 a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 2 Cor. ix. 10 (MED) He forsoþe þat admynystrys [L. administrat] þe seed to þe sowande, he schal lene þe bred to ete. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 40 (MED) Moises, with oute any exceptinge and ayenputtinge, this releef ammynistrede hem and curteysliche took it hem. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. xxi. 219 Euery noble man shulde peyne him self after hys powere to administre unto him helthe of witte and aduyse. 1506 tr. Kalender of Shepherdes sig. Kv Magnyfycens is a Ioyeous clerenes of courage admynystrynge thynges laudable & magnyfycencyall that is to saye hye or grete. 1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes sig. k.iv^v To administer instruction, in any thing [secular] vnto the Prince, was not the Priests office. 1605 A. Munday tr. G. Affinati Dumbe Divine Speaker 273 We must stay a while, vntil the heate of anger be ouer..And then is best to administer the healthfull strengthning of louing rebukes. 1651 I. Penington Fund. Right of People sig. B^v It is not often changing either backward or forward..which will administer relief. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 56 A place that administred meanes of such debauchednesse. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 38. 243 The Joy which this Temper of Soul administers. 1758 J. Rutherford Thoughts on Believers Baptism ii. 72 They sound a solemn Warning..and administer a deep Rebuke to the Children of Men. 1789 D. Ramsay Hist. Amer. Revol. I. ii. 91 These annual orations administered fuel to the fire of liberty. 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon Concl. 463 An infinitely more economical and facile mode of administering refreshment to a jaded animal. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. vii. 169 She kept him by her side to nurse the baby and administer posset to the gossips. 1865 Morning Star 31 Mar. By invading the North he might administer his old antagonists another severe blow. 1911 M. T. Daviess Rose of Old Harpeth vi. 188 The comely mother of the seven..administering refreshment in the form of bread and jam to all of her own. 1973 A. Buzo Norm & Ahmed 12 He tried to hang one on me at Leichhardt Oval once, so I administered a knuckle sandwich to him. 1990 Ring Oct. 62/2 With Green on rubbery legs, referee Al Rothenberg administered a standing eight-count. 2008 New Scientist 12 Apr. 23/2 The animal's skull and neck were well adapted for administering a single killer bite to large prey. b. transitive. spec. To apply or give (a medicine, a drug, a particular treatment, etc.); to treat a person with (something); to deliver a dose of. Cf. minister v. 8. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [verb (transitive)] > administer (treatment) administer?a1425 apply?a1425 ministera1475 adhibit1543 administrate1595 exhibit1601 ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 161^v, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Peril Þes ben þo stupefactiues..aminister hem neuer in no place but ȝif þei be wele repressed & in perile of deþ. ?1541 R. Copland Formularie of Helpes of Woundes & Sores in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Yiij Admynyster a gobletful whan he goth to bed, and he shal slepe. 1599 E. Topsell Times Lament. 1 The Physicians surcease to administer medicines, and leaue him to be lamented by his friendes. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. i. xxiii. 49 [He] was long and very sicke of a quartaine Ague, neither could have wished successe from medicines administred according to Arte, untill [etc.]. 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 537 The Physitians administring this operation. 1743 tr. L. Heister Gen. Syst. Surg. I. i. 277 His Attendants should stand ready..to..administer the Dressings. 1788 P. Marsden Acct. Island Jamaica 40 They sometimes do much mischief by administering poisons. 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 109 If a surgeon..administers mercury in one of the diseases. 1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 153 The man whose duty it was to administer the drug mingled in a bowl. 1912 Lancet 12 Oct. 1020/2 A quarterly census of the blood of the population should be taken before administering the quinine. 1957 P. Bowles Let. 2 Oct. in In Touch (1994) 276 They want to try electroplexy..but..she herself must sign the release permitting them to administer the treatment. 1988 E. Segal Doctors xxvii. 409 Dr Jack Lesley..administered a hundred milligrams of Nembutal to put her out. 2004 Daily Tel. 25 May 5/1 She told her carers they must not..administer the Heimlich manoeuvre should she begin to choke. 3. transitive. To execute or dispense (justice). Cf. minister v. 7. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (transitive)] > execute (justice, vengeance, etc.) takec1300 dispensea1398 minister1426 administer1443 ministrate1496 execute1530 distributea1616 administrate1649 society > law > administration of justice > [verb (transitive)] > carry into effect deem1393 execute1413 minister1426 administer1443 1443 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 234 (MED) It is commaunded..þat þei make redy þeir complaintes & delivere hem up, and ryȝt shal be administred unto hem. c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 131 We delygently and trewly shalle travayle..that justyse be admynystryde and done in the same realme of Fraunce. 1509 Bp. J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Av^v And admynystre ryght and Justyce to euery party. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum i. viii. 8 Some one then whom God had endewed with singular wisedome..to administer iustice. a1645 R. Baker Theatrum Redivivum (1662) 69 Were ever any Times known in this State more Civil?..so virtuous, that Iustice, never more duly administred. 1707 D. Manley Almyna i. i. 7 Do not you Swear..T' administer to all your People Justice? 1799 J. Leyden Hist. Sketch Discov. & Settlem. Afr. vi. 45 He administers justice, according to the opinion of his counsel, without pretending to be inspired by the prophet. 1828 J. Morier Adventures Hajji Baba I. xiv. 158 The shah's throne, on which he sits to administer justice. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. viii. 286 The citizens disliked the rule of William on account of the strict justice which he administered. 1918 Rep. Supreme Court S. Carolina 108 532 The human heart demands that justice be administered in accordance with equity, good conscience, sound reason, and divine morality. 1958 C. Achebe Things fall Apart xx. 125 He [sc. Okonkwo] knew..that he had lost his place among the nine masked spirits who administered justice in the clan. 2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) xv. 307 The role of those who administered justice had to be to say ‘no’ when the state overstepped the mark. 4. Christian Church. a. intransitive. To dispense a sacrament; (more generally) to perform the functions of a minister or priest; to minister (to a person, congregation, etc.). Cf. minister v. 5. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > perform rite(s) [verb (intransitive)] servec1175 adorec1350 ministera1393 administer1468 exercise1561 ceremonize1633 liturgize1830 ceremonialize1948 1468 [implied in: 1468 in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 389 Eythir he shulde be a pope or els in dyspeyr to be depryved de omni beneficio ecclesiastico for symony, lechory, periory,..and for admynystryng wythout auctoryte. (at administering n.)]. 1590 J. Greenwood in H. Barrow & J. Greenwood Coll. Certain Lett. & Conf. iii. 57 By the Bishops calling, you administer, and by none other. 1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation i. 29 A true vocation and calling: by..ordination of that faithfull people, where he is to administer. 1710 C. Wheatly Church of Eng. Man’s Compan. vi. 128 Almost all Churches in the World do administer in much after the same manner. 1755 Douglass's Summary State Brit. Settlements N.-Amer. (new ed.) I. viii. 439 A minister could not administer but to his own congregation. a1804 J. Gano Biogr. Mem. (1806) 26 The example of Christ, in the places where he administered, and the reasons why he administered in those places. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire vii. 325 The satisfaction of forcing his priest to administer by fear of the secular judges. 1967 W. E. Barrett Red Lacquered Gate i. ii. 35 He wanted to..bring Christ into places where He was unknown, to administer and to console and to convert. 2002 A. L. Gomez-Jefferson Sage of Tawawa i. 19 Traveling twelve miles to his circuit every Saturday to administer to his small congregation. b. transitive. To execute or perform (a religious office); to dispense (a sacrament). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > administration of communion > perform communion [verb (transitive)] houselOE communea1400 common?a1425 administer1483 administrate1538 communicate1539 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. xxxiiij/1 The chirche is halowed, for tadmynystre there the sacramentes of the chirche. c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica ii. 76 By that she vnderstode of the deuyne sacrefyces by her solempnly admynystred. 1549 J. Ponet tr. B. Ochino Tragoedie Unjuste Usurped Primacie sig. P.i What other power or authoritie shoulde you haue therby..to administer the Sacraments accordynge to Christes institucion? 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xiii. 222 We in our Churches haue both the Gospell preached, and the Sacramentes..administred. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. viii. 19 This grace which is administred by vs. View more context for this quotation 1676 Elegy Death Mr. Pledger & Mr. Wells (single sheet) The First of them having Preached Twice, and Administred the Lords Supper the very day of His Dissolution. 1735 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) I. 17 I..administered the Lord's Supper to six or seven communicants. 1799 Impartial Hist. War, from Commencem. Revol. France 216/1 Mr. Edgeworth said mass, and administered the sacrament to the King. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. ix. 336 It was thought proper to administer extreme unction to him. 1886 J. Monahan Rec. Ardagh & Clonmacnoise 37 In those penal times, Dr. O'Flynn was compelled to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation under very distressing circumstances. 1947 G. M. Brydon Virginia's Mother Church iv. 28 Sir Samuel Argall..was making request that the archbishop give him authority to administer the Holy Communion. 1999 Times 23 June 21/6 At one stage a priest was called to administer extreme unction. c. transitive. To administer a sacrament or sacraments, esp. the last rites, to (a person). Now rare. ΚΠ a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xlii. f. lxx/2 I neuer receyued hym syth I was admynystred [Fr. ie fuz administree; L. communicavi] in the chyrche of saynt Iohan. 1685 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1907) 4 271 Having bin two hours with him, he administered him. 1742 in J. O. Payne Old Eng. Catholic Missions (1889) 28 April 28. I administered Charles Robinson, of Wensley, recovered. May 2. I administered Frank Stabler at East Witton, he dyed. 1809 Lady Bedingfeld Diary 4 July in Jerningham Lett. (1896) I. 342 My Father was much better. Mr. F. went in the morning at seven, and administered him. 1890 J. Payne tr. M. Bandello Novels V. 328 Then, the priest offering to..administer him, he..said that he was not presently minded to receive the Corpus Domini. 1944 S. Leith-Ross Afr. Conversat. Piece 75 Being at death's door, she was administered. 5. Chiefly Law. a. intransitive. To act as an executor or administrator of a person's estate or property. Frequently with on (also upon). ΚΠ 1469 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 547 Dawbneys..executors ar sore callyd vpon for to admynyster by þe..Byshop, or ellys he seythe that he wyll seqwester. 1601 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law vii. 44 He shall not haue an action of debt against the executour of his coexecutour, although the partie indebted did not administer in his life time. 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xxxiii. 127 If any person dyed, and none durst administer,..then would I be sure to make my self a principal Creditor by a forged Bond. 1741 Mem. Martinus Scriblerus 10 in A. Pope Wks. II Neale's Order was never performed, because the Executors durst not administer. 1768 G. G. Beekman Let. 4 May in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) II. 715 I shall remitt it you as soon as possible I have administered on said Estate. 1870 J. Pinkerton Guide to Admin. 9 When a stranger is about to administer, a renunciation should be obtained in writing from those who are by law entitled. 1949 Sioux County (Iowa) Index 6 Jan. 5/3 C. S. and J. W. Bushby were re-appointed executors to administer upon the property found. 1960 Southwestern Hist. Q. 63 523 [He] had administered on his estate and had obtained a headright certificate for one-third of a league of land. 2000 West's Bankruptcy Reporter 252 165/1 During the pendency of this case, the Chapter 7 Trustee actively administered upon the assets of the estate. b. transitive. To manage and dispose of (the estate or property of a deceased or incapable person), in accordance with the terms of a will or by official appointment (see administration n. 5). Also more generally: to dispose of, or have responsibility for disposing of (a person's property). ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > bequeath by will [verb (transitive)] > carry out provisions of will execute1463 administer1502 forthfill1550 administrate1681 1502 Star Chamber Proc. in Home Counties Mag. (1906) 8 265 The goodes & cattalles of the said Richard Bronde, whiche she hath fully adminystred. ?c1530 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 57 Peyse wisely the besynes & the purpose of them wich ammynyster thy goodes. ?1575 J. Hooker Orders Enacted for Orphans f. 40 The wife, which is the Executrix, or doo administer her husbands goods. 1603 Articles Church-wardens & Sworne-men Diocese Winchester sig. B2 Whether there be any in your Parish, that administer the goods of those that be dead without lawfull authoritie. 1674 J. Godolphin Orphans Legacy i. xx. 37 He that refused may Administer the Testators Goods at his pleasure. 1722 Abridgem. Publick Laws Virginia 122 You will well and truly administer..the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased. 1789 J. M'Nayr Syst. Eng. Conveyancing 302 An executorial power to administer the whole goods of the deceased..is vested in the executor. 1806 W. D. Evans tr. R. J. Pothier Treat. Law of Obligations I. ii. vi. 250 The emancipation [of minors] only gives them the power of administering their own goods. 1854 F. S. Williams New Pract. Court of Chancery (App. of Forms) 184 (heading) Special form of order for administering the estate of a married woman. 1879 A. W. Tourgee Figs & Thistles 466 The mental incapacity of Colonel Woodley having been duly certified to.., General Churr was therefore appointed to control and administer the estate during the continuance of said incapacity. 1900 L. Duff-Gordon Story of Assisi iii. 95 The richer [lepers]..forming quite a community with the right of freely administering their own goods. 1937 R. Wright Revels in Jamaica i. 24 As Mr. Callender died intestate, she administered his estate. 1993 A. L. Erickson Women & Prop. Early Mod. Eng. iii. viii. 136 Her second husband administered her estate, and after her other debts was left with a £47 deficit. 2010 J. L. Dickerson Inside America's Concentration Camps iii. 54 If she did not appoint a person to administer the property, the government would confiscate it. 6. a. transitive. To practise (a particular profession or art, esp. medicine). Now rare. ΚΠ ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Cj, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens They that by reason & Methode admynyster [Fr. administrent] the arte of medycyne do cure y^e vlceres. 1847 (title) An allegorical tale, being the history of Gill Binklets,..Snipie Dickles,..and some of their contemporaries..; with a brief sketch of administering the art of horsemanship. 1858 Med. Times & Gaz. 22 May 537/1 Our author has his own opinions about medicine, and his opinions differ from those of most men who now administer the art. 1865 Eclectic Med. Jrnl. Aug. 364 He would justify..a desperate and wicked phlebotomist..in walking in and administering the allopathic art of blood-letting. 1908 Humanitarian Rev. May 156 Ancient Mexico had its State hospitals, where skilled physicians and trained nurses..administered their healing art with tender care. b. intransitive. To give medical treatment or attention to someone. ΚΠ 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. i. 55 No lesse then three at least, if not foure Parson-Physitians had administred to him. 1659 H. H. Burnell tr. Aristophanes Worlds Idol sig. D2^v With great gravity he administred to all the diseased according to their several necessities. 1791 C. Hamilton tr. Hedàya IV. xliv. iv. 97 A physician, in administering to a strange woman, is permitted to look at the part affected. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 47 The patient must, however, administer to himself. 1917 H. Hunt & F. C. Kaylor Washington, West of Cascades I. x. 81 Doctor Whitman while administering to a sick Indian, was struck in the head with a tomahawk. 1991 W. Mitchinson Nature of their Bodies (1994) viii. 238 Patent medicines allowed women..to administer to themselves and take control of their own health. 7. a. intransitive. To attend or minister to (a person's needs, desires, etc.). ΚΠ 1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 82^v The frende whom we chuse..may Councell vs, and of habilitie and wealth, the better to administer to our necessities and lackes. 1675 W. Cave Antiquitates Apostolicæ Introd. p. i, in Bp. J. Taylor & W. Cave Antiquitates Christianæ Officers in his Church,..who might..administer to the needs and exigencies of his Family. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 472. ⁋1 Would such gouty Persons administer to the Necessities of Men disabled like themselves. 1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France (1789) I. xiv. 99 Who are supposed to administer to the King's pleasures. 1830 H. Lee Mem. Manager II. vi. 9 Are no lacqueys kept to administer to idle caprices? 1872 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board III. xi. 164 He was soon able to administer to the comfort of his associates. 1919 Outing Mar. 319/2 We were soaking him in liniment and hot water, feeding him the delicacies of the season, and otherwise administering to his physical comforts. 1999 B. Thornhill & W. J. MacDonald In the Morning 546 For the next thirty-five years, he would administer to the needs of the homeless and destitute. b. intransitive. To contribute beneficially, be conducive to. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > types of help > [verb (transitive)] > lend (aid) to bring about a result > lend contributory aid to servea1398 to contribute to (also for) or to do1605 administer1608 surrogate1681 minister1696 ministrate1887 1608 C. Lever Heauen & Earth, Relig. & Policy 104 All other things bee onely so farreforth cared for, as may administer to a mans Christian necessity. 1712 Spectator No. 477. ⁋1 A Fountain..administers to the Pleasure, as well as the Plenty of the Place. 1854 Lardner's Museum Sci. & Art I. 15 Besides these qualities,..the atmosphere administers to our convenience and pleasures in other ways. 1895 Argosy Sept. 506/1 He had always wished his only child to have all that could possibly administer to his present enjoyment and future well being. 1912 J. A. Wayland Leaves of Life 207 Whenever anything is used to administer to the needs or pleasures of any person not so engaged. 8. transitive. To offer (an oath) for swearing (to a person); to officiate at the swearing of (an oath). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise, vow, or pledge [verb (intransitive)] > administer an oath to a person takec1300 to have, make, take (a person) swornc1400 administer1589 1589 J. Penry Th'appellation 43 If you refuse the oath, to prison you shall goe. For we administer it, Ex officio. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 176 Sweare by the duty that y'owe to God..To keepe the oath that we administer . View more context for this quotation 1610 Let. (Virginia Council) 7 July in A. Brown Genesis U.S (1890) I. iii. 407 I..elected unto me a counsaile, unto whome I administred an oath of faith, assistance, and secresy. 1727 E. Calamy Contin. Acct. Ministers I. 177 At the Presentation for Degrees, certain Oaths use to be administer'd by each of the Proctors. a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) IV. i. 4 To administer an oath to him. 1801 M. Edgeworth Prussian Vase in Moral Tales III. 35 The oath which has just been administered to you. 1834 John Bull 13 July 219/1 The cases on the Crown side were principally Unionists, charged with administering unlawful oaths. 1884 Law Times Rep. 19 Apr. 239/1 It seemed almost a profaneness to administer the oath of canonical obedience in the sense in which he was prepared to take it. 1930 Glasgow Herald 8 Nov. 10 The terms of the oath administered to the members of the Kirkcudbright Incorporation of Tailors a century and a half ago..was as follows. 1990 F. Dannen Hit Men (1991) x. 191 Supposedly, Armone's loyalty oath had been administered by the family patriarch, Carlo Gambino himself. 2010 ‘D. Gregory’ Last Christian xlvi. 365 As an officer approached him to administer the oath, I heard the door to the committee chamber open. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1443v.1395
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