administer

/ɐdmˈɪnɪstɐ/

/ədˈmɪnəstɝ/

to administer

MAIN VERB

to be responsible for a company, organization, etc. and manage its affairs, including financial matters

to give someone medicines, drugs, etc.

synonyms : dispense

perform (a church sacrament) ritually

administer or bestow, as in small portions

synonyms : allot

direct the taking of

Examples

1. So far, the nation has administered 26 million doses.

2. All right, administer that shot.

3. The inventor of the modern polygraph, Leonard Keeler, administered a lie detector test to Sweeney.

4. And certainly, states administer our elections.