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| VERB: | 1. To oversee the provision or execution of: administer, administrate, carry out, execute. See OVER. 2. To provide as a remedy: administer, apply, give. See GIVE. 3. To give out in portions or shares: deal (out), distribute, divide, dole out, parcel out, portion (out), ration (out), share. Slang : divvy. See COLLECT. 4. To free from an obligation or duty: absolve, discharge, excuse, exempt, let off, relieve, spare. See FREE.
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