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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.

Implying an admission; tending to admit. [R.] Lamb.

tion or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply. "Adroit in the application of the telescope and quadrant." Horsley. "He was adroit in intrigue." Macaulay.

urnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as, a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods consigned to him.

to benefit; to profit. The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged his adversaries against him. Fuller. What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away Luke ix. 25. To advantage one's self of, to avail one's self of. […

To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aërate soil; to aërate water.

An abundant supply, as of thought, words, feelings, etc.; profusion; also, abundance of property; wealth. And old age of elegance, affluence, and ease. Coldsmith.

To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish.

Helping; helpful; supplying aid. Shak.

A kind of atomizer for applying liquid coloring matter in a spray by compressed air.

A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode. Buchanan.

Supplying albumen.

Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.

makes more tolerable. I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship could supply. Johnson.

To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.

Solely; simply; exclusively.

Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb.

by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;

Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory. Bancroft.

Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy. When a country which has sent out colonies is termed the mother country, the expression is analogical. J. S. Mill.