administer (to)

verb

Definition of administer (to)next
as in to minister (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of volunteers administering to the terminally ill at a hospice

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  1. nurse
  2. mother
  3. treat
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  • The dollar started in a cautious mood on Monday as markets braced for U.S. inflation data and a throng of Federal Reserve speakers this week, while the yuan nursed a hangover from Beijing's latest underwhelming stimulus package.
    Wayne Cole, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
  • He was then lovingly nursed back to health and would not return to the wild when released.
    Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of nurse
Verb
  • That divine feminine energy and the space to create and to mother a project.
    Reanna Cruz, Vulture, 25 June 2024
  • The deals are mothering—literally, Dame Pat McGrath is mother.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of mother
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  • Around 75,000 people in the study used some type of medication to treat alcohol use disorder.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • All of us deserve to be treated equally and all of us deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of treat
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“Administer (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administer%20%28to%29. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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