administer
verb (used with object)
to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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If she succeeds, she will have administered much-needed therapy to the Britain she believes in — and she will have written quite a chapter for the political textbooks.
From Time Magazine Archive
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