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administered (to)

verb

past tense of administer (to)
as in ministered (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of volunteers administering to the terminally ill at a hospice

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  1. nursed
  2. treated
  3. healed
Verb
  • Plastic water bottles pile up at shrines to Difunta Correa, who legend says miraculously nursed her infant son after dying of thirst in the desert.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Eli wore skateboard shoes and nursed a giant bottle of Diet Mountain Dew.
    — Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of nursed
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  • For a long time, sleep research has treated the cerebral cortex as a passive follower reacting to signals from the deep brain.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026
  • She was treated with such indifference by the Bordens that, with the exception of Abby, no one bothered to learn her name, calling her by the name of their last servant, Maggie, instead.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of treated
Verb
  • Matthews is fully healed after a long summer and recently hosted McKenna for dinner.
    — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Similarly for Denver, is Bo Nix all healed and ready to take Mahomes’ mantle as king of the division?
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of healed
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“Administered (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administered%20%28to%29. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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