administer
verb (used with object)
to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of.
am administering
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present progressiveof administer (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Yes, dear Enrico; and you must forgive me for the reproof that I am administering to you now.
From Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal by Isabel Florence Hapgood
