administren

Catalan

Verb

administren

1. third-person plural present indicative of administrar

Galician

Verb

administren

1. inflection of administrar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Middle English

Alternative forms

• aministren

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French aminister, from Latin administrare (“to manage, execute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adˈministrən/

Verb

administren

1. to manage or control, to administer.
2. to attend to, minister to; to supply.

Conjugation

Conjugation of administren (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) administren, administre
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	administre	administred
2nd-person singular	administrest	administredest
3rd-person singular	administreth	administred
subjunctive singular	administre
imperative singular		—
plural1	administren, administre	administreden, administrede
imperative plural	administreth, administre	—
participles	administrynge, administrende	administred

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: administer
• Scots: admeenister

References

• “administren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Spanish

Verb

administren

1. inflection of administrar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative