Re: [atlarge-discuss] definition of "administer"

["Ron Sherwood" <sherwood@islands.vi>]

Sotiris:

Thank you for the definition. I can see where it covers everything that I
suggested it might mean, but I can't seem to find the part where it says
"arbitrarily appoint a chairman of a separate committee without any input
from the committee or the membership of the organization"

Ron Sherwood

Subject: [atlarge-discuss] definition of "administer"


> ad·min·is·ter    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (d-mn-str)
> v. ad·min·is·tered, ad·min·is·ter·ing, ad·min·is·ters
> v. tr.
> To have charge of; manage.
>
> To give or apply in a formal way: administer the last rites.
> To apply as a remedy: administer a sedative.
> To direct the taking of (an oath).
> To mete out; dispense: administer justice.
> To manage or dispose of (a trust or estate) under a will or official
> appointment.
> To impose, offer, or tender (an oath, for example).
>
> v. intr.
> To manage as an administrator.
> To minister: administering to their every whim.
>
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> [Middle English administren, from Old French administrer, from Latin
> administrre : ad, ad- + ministrre, to manage (from minister, ministr-,
> servant. See minister).]
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> ad·minis·tra·ble (--str-bl) adj.
> ad·minis·trant adj. & n.
>
> Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
> Edition
> Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
> Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
> [Buy it]
>
>
> administer
>
> ( P )  administer: log in for this definition of administer and other
> entries in Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Law, available only to
> Dictionary.com Premium members.
>
>
> Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
>
>
> administer
>
> ( P )  administer: log in for this definition of administer and other
> entries in Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary, available only to
> Dictionary.com Premium members.
>
>
> Source: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
>
>
> administer
>
> \Ad*min"is*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Administered; p. pr. & vb. n.
> Administering.] [OE. aministren, OF. aministrer, F. administer, fr. L.
> administrare; ad + ministrare to serve. See Minister.] 1. 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.
>
> For forms of government let fools contest: Whate'er is best administered
is
> best. --Pope.
>
> 2. To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer
relief,
> to administer the sacrament.
>
> [Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs. --Philips.
>
> Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known. --
> Macaulay.
>
> 3. To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something
> beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc.
>
> A noxious drug had been administered to him. --Macaulay.
>
> 4. To tender, as an oath.
>
> Swear . . . to keep the oath that we administer. --Shak.
>
> 5. (Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose
> will fails of an executor.
>
> Syn: To manage; conduct; minister; supply; dispense; give out; distribute;
> furnish.
>
>
> Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
>
>
> administer
>
> \Ad*min"is*ter\, v. i. 1. To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to
> conduce; to minister.
>
> A fountain . . . administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the
> place. --Spectator.
>
> 2. (Law) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A
> administers upon the estate of B.
>
>
> Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
>
>
> administer
>
> \Ad*min"is*ter\, n. Administrator. [Obs.] --Bacon.
>
>
> Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
>
>
> administer
>
> v 1: work in an administrative capacity; supervise; "administer a program"
> [syn: administrate] 2: administer ritually; of church sacraments 3:
> administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks
to
> everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the
> children"; "deal a blow to someone" [syn: distribute, mete out, deal,
> parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out]
> 4: of medications [syn: dispense]
>
>
> Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
>
>
> administer
>
> administer: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary
>
>
> Source: On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing
&
> CancerWEB
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