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▪ I. † adˈministrate, ppl. a. Obs. [ad. L. administrāt-us pa. pple. of administrā-re: see administer v.] Administered.
1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. iii. i. 5 Baptisme might not be administrat in private places. 1671True Non-Conformist 226 These faithful men, by whom it [the oath] was administrate. 1715in Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 96 To have got favourable Justices of the Peace to have administrate the Allegiance and Assurance. ▪ II. administrate, v.|ædˈmɪnɪstreɪt| [f. L. administrāt- ppl. stem of administrā-re: see administer (cf. demonstrate, etc.).] 1. A by-form of administer v. (a sacrament, oath, medicine).
1651Calderwood Hist. Kirk (1843) II. 38 That no maner of person, in time coming, administrat anie of the sacraments secreetlie. 1733G. Cheyne Eng. Malady (1735) Pref., When Lithotomy cannot be administrated. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. iii. v. (1864) II. 70 The delinquent clerk might be deprived for a time of his power of administrating sacred things. 2. To manage or direct (affairs). Now usu. absol. or intr. Cf. administer v. 1.
a1639J. Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. (1655) v. 241 A Lieutenant should be appointed..with full authority to administrate all affairs. 1848Tait's Mag. June 397/2 The people is sovereign, its representatives administrate. 1934G. B. Shaw On Rocks Pref. 150 What was formerly called ‘real property’ is replaced by ordinary personal property and common property administrated by the State. 1965New Statesman 17 Sept. 400/3 Bishops, prime ministers, official people loved it... One is simply administrating in a fantasy world. 1981Times 29 Apr. 9/6 The machinery of such aid is still primed by administrators eager to go out and administrate. 3. To organize or manage the recording and application of information in (a list, register, etc.).
1977Wandsworth Boro' News 16 Sept. 19/4 (Advt.), Part-time..ledger clerk required to administrate sales ledger (mechanised). 1982Times 12 Oct. 12/6 A claims register, administrated by an International Sea Bed Authority, would have been a simple answer. |