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.
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To distribute by lot.
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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…
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To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
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A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…
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To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject mo…
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The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.
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To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook.
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The state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the office of the pope.
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That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
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An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…
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To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise; as, an officer…
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To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book.
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To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring.
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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…
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A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.
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A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…
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To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
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The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.
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To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
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Capable of being administered; as, an administrable law.
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Capable of being administered; as, an administrable law.
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The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office…
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The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office…
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Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as, an administrative body, ability, or energy.
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Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as, an administrative body, ability, or energy.
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The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just…
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The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just…
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The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.
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The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.
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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…
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To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.
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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…
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To administer.
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To distribute by lot.
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A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
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To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispens…
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To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.
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That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
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