In Scots law, any writing tending to establish the existence or terms of a lost deed. Bell.
Ad`mi*nic"u*lar (&?;), a. Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory; as, adminicular evidence. H. Spencer.
Ad`mi*nic"u*la*ry (&?;), a. Adminicular.
Ad*min"is*ter (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Administered (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Administering.] [OE. aministren, OF. aministrer, F. administer, fr. L. administrare; ad + ministrare to serve. See Minister.] 1. To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state.
For forms of government let fools contest:
Whate'er is best administered is best.
Pope.
2. To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament.
[Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.
Philips.
Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known.
Macaulay.
3. To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc.
A noxious drug had been administered to him.
Macaulay.