administering Definition

administer
verb administered, administering

1. To manage, govern or direct (one's affairs, an organization, etc).

Thesaurus: direct, manage, conduct, control, command, govern, supervise, run.
2. To give out something formally.

Example: administer justice
Thesaurus: inflict, deal out, dispense, deliver.
3. To supervise a person taking (an oath).
4. To apply or provide (medicine).
5. To give.

Example: administer a rebuke
intr
6. To act as an administrator.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin administrare.