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Another word for administer

administer Synonyms

administer

v.

To manage
conduct, direct, control, govern; see command 2, govern, manage 1.
To apply or dispense
provide with, give, bring in, furnish, dispense, regulate, apply, authorize, determine, administer to, minister to, serve, give out, mete out, serve out, measure out, deal out, supply, tender, offer, proffer, distribute, make application of, impose, contribute, disburse; see also offer 1.
To inflict
deal out, strike, deliver; see inflict 1. See syn. study at govern.

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Another word for administer

verb

To have charge of (the affairs of others):
administrate, direct, govern, head, manage, run, superintend, supervise. See over
To oversee the provision or execution of:
administrate, carry out, dispense, execute. See over
To provide as a remedy:
apply, dispense, give. See give
To mete out by means of some action:
deal, deliver, give. See give

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A priest can administer this sacrament.
Others had tried to administer to her but he knew it was pointless and turned away.
In concluding treaties with the vassal princes since 1905, the Dutch have kept in view the necessity of compelling them properly to administer the revenues of their states, which some of them formerly squandered in their personal uses.
The chiefs, however, are allowed to administer their own affairs, as far as may be, in accordance with their own customs, subject to the supervision of the superintendent of the Chin hills.
These are subdivided into pastors, who administer the word and sacraments, doctors, who teach and expound the Bible, elders pure and simple, who exercise rule and discipline.

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