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Same as Admeasurement.

Capable of being administered; as, an administrable law.

Executive; acting; managing affairs. -- n.

To administer. [R.] Milman.

the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management. His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration. Macaulay.

Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as, an administrative body, ability, or energy. -- Ad*min"is*tra`tive*ly, adv.

e, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority.

The position or office of an administrator.

ters; esp., one who administers the estate of an intestate, or to whom letters of administration have been granted; a female administrator.

Admirableness. [R.] Johnson.

Fitted to excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous. [Obs.] In man there is nothing admirable but his ignorance and weakness. Jer. Taylor.

The quality of being admirable; wonderful excellence.

In an admirable manner.

A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets.

The office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill of an admiral.

The office or jurisdiction of an admiral. Prescott.

Admiration. [Obs.] Spenser.

Wonder; astonishment. [Obs.] Season your admiration for a while. Shak.

Relating to or expressing admiration or wonder. [R.] Earle.

Adorableness.