administer

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To have charge of; manage.
• intransitive verb To give or apply in a formal way.
• intransitive verb To apply as a remedy.
• intransitive verb To direct the taking of (an oath).
• intransitive verb To mete out; dispense.
• intransitive verb To manage (a trust or estate) under a will or official appointment.
• intransitive verb To impose, offer, or tender (an oath, for example).
• intransitive verb To manage as an administrator.
• intransitive verb To minister.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun One who administers; a minister or an administrator.
• To manage or conduct as minister, chief agent, or steward; super-intend the management or execution of; control or regulate in behalf of others: as, to administer the laws or the government, or a department of government; to administer a charitable trust, the affairs of a corporation, or the estate of a bankrupt.
• To afford; supply; dispense; bring into use or operation, especially in the execution of a magisterial or sacerdotal office: as, to administer relief; to administer justice.
• To give or apply; make application of: as, to administer medicine, punishment, counsel, etc.
• To tender or impose, as an oath.
• In law, to manage or dispose of, as the estate of a deceased person, in the capacity either of executor or administrator. See administration, 9.
• To contribute assistance; bring aid or supplies; add something: with to: as, to administer to the necessities of the poor.
• To perform the office of administrator: with upon: as, A administers upon the estate of B.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun obsolete Administrator.
• intransitive verb To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister.
• intransitive verb (Law) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially.
• transitive verb To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of.
• transitive verb To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute.
• transitive verb To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc.
• transitive verb To tender, as an oath.
• transitive verb (Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• verb transitive To cause to take, either by openly offering or through deceit.
• verb transitive To apportion out, as in administering justice.
• verb transitive To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
• verb intransitive To minister to, as in administering to the sick.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
• verb give or apply (medications)
• verb perform (a church sacrament) ritually
• verb work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
• verb direct the taking of