1. To work in an administrative capacity; supervise; SYN. administrate.
2. Said of medications: to dispense, to distribute.
3. To administer ritually; said of church sacraments.
4. Direct the taking of
5. Give or apply (medications)
6. Administer or bestow, as in small portions

1. To direct or strongly influence the behavior of.
2. To exercise authority over; as of nations; SYN. rule.

(Irregular preterit, past participle: oversaw, overseen).
To watch and direct; SYN. supervise, superintend, manage.

1. To fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; SYN. modulate.
2. To impose regulations on; SYN. regularize, order, govern.

(Homonym: rain, rein).
To have sovereign power.

ETYM See Rein (n.).
(Homonym: rain, reign).
1. To stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; SYN. rein in.
2. To stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins; SYN. rein in.

1. To decide on and make a declaration about; SYN. find.
2. To decide with authority; SYN. decree.
3. To have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac.
4. To keep in check; SYN. harness, rein.
5. To mark or draw with a ruler; of margins.