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Administrate
Administrate Ad*min"is*trate, v. t. [L. administratus, p. p.
of administrare.]
To administer. [R.] --Milman.
Administration
Administration Ad*min`is*tra"tion (?; 277), n. [OE.
administracioun, L. administratio: cf. F. administration.]
1. The act of administering; government of public affairs;
the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting
affairs; the conducting of any office or employment;
direction; management.
His financial administration was of a piece with his
military administration. --Macaulay.
2. The executive part of government; the persons collectively
who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the
superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate
and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry,
alone, as in Great Britain.
A mild and popular administration. --Macaulay.
The administration has been opposed in parliament.
--Johnson.
3. The act of administering, or tendering something to
another; dispensation; as, the administration of a
medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
Administration with the will annexed 4. (Law)
(a) The management and disposal, under legal authority, of
the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no
competent executor.
(b) The management of an estate of a deceased person by an
executor, the strictly corresponding term execution
not being in use.
Administration with the will annexed, administration
granted where the testator has appointed no executor, or
where his appointment of an executor for any cause has
failed, as by death, incompetency, refusal to act, etc.
Syn: Conduct; management; direction; regulation; execution;
dispensation; distribution. AdministrativeAdministrative Ad*min"is*tra`tive, a. [L. administrativus: cf.
F. administratif.]
Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as,
an administrative body, ability, or energy. --
Ad*min"is*tra`tive*ly, adv. AdministrativelyAdministrative Ad*min"is*tra`tive, a. [L. administrativus: cf.
F. administratif.]
Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as,
an administrative body, ability, or energy. --
Ad*min"is*tra`tive*ly, adv. Administrator
Administrator Ad*min`is*tra"tor, n. [L.]
1. One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages,
executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial,
political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
2. (Law) A man who manages or settles the estate of an
intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent
executor; one to whom the right of administration has been
committed by competent authority.
Administratorship
Administratorship Ad*min`is*tra"tor*ship, n.
The position or office of an administrator.
Administratrix
Administratrix Ad*min`is*tra"trix, n. [NL.]
A woman who administers; esp., one who administers the estate
of an intestate, or to whom letters of administration have
been granted; a female administrator.
Alto-stratus
Alto-stratus Al`to-stra"tus, n. [L. altus high + L. & E.
stratus.] (Meteor.)
A cloud formation similar to cirro-stratus, but heavier and
at a lower level.
Ancillary administration
Ancillary administration An"cil*la*ry ad*min`is*tra"tion (Law)
An administration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary
or principal administration of an estate.
Balaenoptera rostrataDoegling D[oe]g"ling, n. [Native name in Faroe Islands.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The beaked whale (Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), from which
d[oe]gling oil is obtained. Birostrate
Birostrate Bi*ros`trate, Birostrated Bi*ros"tra*ted, a.
[Pref. bi- + rostrate.]
Having a double beak, or two processes resembling beaks.
The capsule is bilocular and birostrated. --Ed. Encyc.
Birostrated
Birostrate Bi*ros`trate, Birostrated Bi*ros"tra*ted, a.
[Pref. bi- + rostrate.]
Having a double beak, or two processes resembling beaks.
The capsule is bilocular and birostrated. --Ed. Encyc.
Brevirostrate
Brevirostral Brev`i*ros"tral, Brevirostrate
Brev`i*ros"trate, a. [L. brevis short + E. rostral, rostrate.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Short-billed; having a short beak.
Calamistrate
Calamistrate Cal`a*mis"trate (-m[i^]s"tr[=a]t), v. i. [L.
calamistratus, curled with the curling iron, fr. calamistrum
curling iron, fr. calamus a reed.]
To curl or friz, as the hair. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.
Calamistration
Calamistration Cal`a*mis*tra"tion
(k[a^]l*[.a]*m[i^]s*tr[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
The act or process of curling the hair. [Obs.] --Burton.
Capistrate
Capistrate Ca*pis"trate, a. [L. capistratus, p. p. of
capistrare halter.] (Zo["o]l.)
Hooded; cowled.
CastrateCastrate Cas"trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castrated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Castrating.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to
castrate, asin to Skr. [,c]astra knife.]
1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to
alter.
2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or
objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to
expurgate.
My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the
following letter, which I have castrated in some
places. --Spectator. CastratedCastrate Cas"trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castrated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Castrating.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to
castrate, asin to Skr. [,c]astra knife.]
1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to
alter.
2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or
objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to
expurgate.
My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the
following letter, which I have castrated in some
places. --Spectator. CastratingCastrate Cas"trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castrated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Castrating.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to
castrate, asin to Skr. [,c]astra knife.]
1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to
alter.
2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or
objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to
expurgate.
My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the
following letter, which I have castrated in some
places. --Spectator. Castration
Castration Cas*tra"tion, n. [L. castratio; cf. F. castration.]
The act of castrating.
CastratoCastrato Cas*tra"to, n. [L., properly p. p. of castrare. See
Castrate.]
A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his
voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano. --Swift. Chaetodon rostratusArcher fish Arch"er fish` (Zo["o]l.)
A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so
called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its
prey. The name is also applied to Ch[ae]todon rostratus. Cirro-stratusCirro-stratus Cir`ro-stra"tus, n. [Cirrus + stratus.]
(Meteor.)
See under Cloud. Cumu-cirro-stratusCumu-cirro-stratus Cu"mu-cir`ro-stra"tus
(k?`m?-s?r`r?-str?"t?s), n. (Meteor.)
Nimbus, or rain cloud. See Nimbus, and Cloud. CumulostratusCumulostratus Cu"mu*lo*stra"tus (k?"m?-l?-str?"t?s), n.
(Meteor.)
A form of cloud. See Cloud. DemonstrateDemonstrate Dem"on*strate (?; 277), v. t. [L. demonstratus, p.
p. of demonstrare to demonstrate; de- + monstrare to show.
See Monster.]
1. To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.
--Shak.
2. To show, or make evident, by reasoning or proof; to prove
by deduction; to establish so as to exclude the
possibility of doubt or denial.
We can not demonstrate these things so as to show
that the contrary often involves a contradiction.
--Tillotson.
3. (Anat.) To exhibit and explain (a dissection or other
anatomical preparation). DemonstraterDemonstrater Dem"on*stra`ter, n.
See Demonstrator. Demonstrative
Demonstrative De*mon"stra*tive, n. (Gram.)
A demonstrative pronoun; as, ``this' and ``that' are
demonstratives.
Demonstratively
Demonstratively De*mon"stra*tive*ly, adv.
In a manner fitted to demonstrate; clearly; convincingly;
forcibly.
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