Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To administer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To administer; dispense; give; supply: as, “to administrate the sacraments,” Knox.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To administer.
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- verb to
administer - verb computing the act or function of providing maintenance and general housekeeping for computer systems, networks, peripheral equipment, etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
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Examples
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Griffin WAS an engineer who couldn't "administrate" either.
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The pair have been given six month full-time contracts to "administrate" the town's contest entry.
Star admin 2010
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I've got this business signed with a publishing company called Primary Wave who administrate my catalogue, trying to get me a few placings here and there.
Mike Ragogna: A Guitar Hero, Guinness, GP, and "Single Girls": Conversations with Steve Vai and Graham Parker, plus Laura Jansen's New Video Mike Ragogna 2011
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It is a rare company that has Internet-scale web apps with racks of servers and yet lacks the resources to administrate them such that it would justify an appliance as a shortcut.
Schooner Launches Specialized Servers for Speedy Data Delivery 2009
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He knows how to administrate, how to delegate, and is technically competent.
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I've got this business signed with a publishing company called Primary Wave who administrate my catalogue, trying to get me a few placings here and there.
Mike Ragogna: A Guitar Hero, Guinness, GP, and "Single Girls": Conversations with Steve Vai and Graham Parker, plus Laura Jansen's New Video Mike Ragogna 2011
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I'll even agree that some universities are centers which accomplish many fantastic, positive things, and that quite a number of scientists, professors, and even students who attend, teach at, and administrate them contribute greatly to society.
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The Herons, extended family of Abraham Lincoln, helped administrate the Oklahoma rush.
Bear Circuit Jesse Crockett 2011
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"Any system that is trying to administrate justice to people convicted of large-scale criminal acts is enormously complicated," Ms. Mitchell says.
Director Katie Mitchell Goes on Mad Journeys Javier Espinoza 2012
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She can administrate, coach x's and o's and motivate.
Summitt's trek at Tennessee nears the pinnacle: 1,000 wins 2009
kewpid commented on the word administrate
I prefer administer.
October 1, 2007