administrate

[ ad-min-uh-streyt ]

/ ædˈmɪn əˌstreɪt /

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, administrative, administrative assistant, administrative county

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 administrating

But the mother was wise, and aware of the clanger, kept in her own hands the administrating of the medicine.
Weighed and Wanting|George MacDonald
Whether the stream shall be a curse or a blessing, depends upon man's labour, and administrating intelligence.
Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy|John Ruskin
I am complaining bitterly to others, I should be administrating comfort; but even this is one way of comfort.
Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. I (of 2)|Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I kant tell yu whether thare is enny pertikular etiket to be observed in administrating a kiss or not.
The Complete Works of Josh Billings|Henry W. Shaw

The work of starting and administrating the societies is seldom paid, and many farmers give much time to it gratuitously.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for administrating

administrate

/ (ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪt) /

verb

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

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