administrate

[ ad-min-uh-streyt ]

/ ædˈmɪn əˌstreɪt /

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verb (used with object), ad·min·is·trat·ed, ad·min·is·trat·ing.

Nearby words

adminicle, administer, administered price, administerial, administrable, administrate, administration, administration order, administration, public, administrative, administrative assistant

Origin of administrate

1630–40; < Latin administrātus, past participle of administrāre to administer; see -ate¹

Related forms

sub·ad·min·is·trate, verb (used with object), sub·ad·min·is·trat·ed, sub·ad·min·is·trat·ing.

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Examples from the Web for administrate

The chamber will want before long to administrate, and the administrators will want to legislate.
Bureaucracy|Honore de Balzac
If it isn't then we may as well cease any attempt to administrate the law!
The Everett massacre|Walker C. Smith
The government will try to administrate and the administrators will want to govern, and so it will go on.
Bureaucracy|Honore de Balzac
He had within him the faculty to command, to administrate, to organize.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens

Does the president of the Bold Bucks pretend to administrate a court of honor?
The Lion's Skin|Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for administrate

administrate

/ (ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪt) /

verb

to manage or direct (the affairs of a business, institution, etc)

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