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Definition of Administers
1. administer [v] - See also: administer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Administers
Literary usage of Administers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on the Moral Government of God by Nathaniel William Taylor (1859)
"God administers an equitable moral government.— The possibility of a future state
precludes all objections against the Divine equity. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"When any Indian chief dies without an heir, or leaving a minor heir, or proves
himself incapable of ruling, the British Government steps in and administers ..."
3. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... and no more; and during the time he administers the government, as governor,
shall receive the same compensation which the governor would have received ..."
4. Adult Literacy And New Technologies: Tools For A Lifetime by Office of Technology Assessment (1994)
"Who administers Programs and Provides the Services? hi the literacy world,
distinctions must be made among the entities that provide the funding, ..."
5. The Library of American Biography by Jared Sparks (1848)
"administers an Oath to the Tories. THE memorable day at Lexington and Concord
kindled the indignation and roused the martial spirit of the whole people. ..."
6. A History of Matrimonial Institutions Chiefly in England and the United by George Elliott Howard (1904)
"... VIII RISE OP ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE: THE CHURCH DEVELOPS AND administers
MATRIMONIAL LAW [BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTK VIII.—For the evolution of the canonical ..."
7. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, New York (State). Governor, 1801-1804 (George Clinton), Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1902)
"3107. i Governor Clinton administers a Rebuke to Colonel Woodhull. Dear Govenor,
Pursuant to your orders your Excellency baa a Return of the number of ..."
8. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"... Dogberry administers "Justice CONRADE, BORACHIO, DOGBERRY, VERGES, SEXTON,
and the WATCH. ... administers ..."
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