noun administrator.
2. administer ·vt to tender, as an oath.
3. administer ·vi to perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, a administers upon the estate of b.
4. administer ·vt to settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
5. administer ·vt to apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. extended to a blow, a reproof, ·etc.
6. administer ·vi to contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister.
7. administer ·vt to dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament.
8. administer ·vt 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.