readminister

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verb

to administer again

OriginEnglish administer ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbreadminister (third-person singular simple present readministers, present participle readministering, simple past and past participle readministered)

present singular third person readministers · participle present readministering · participle past readministered · past readministered

  1. transitiveto administer again

    Readminister the MMPI-2 when the patient is less confused.

    2008, Richard Rogers, Clinical Assessment of Malingering and Deception
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    But Baptists would readminister the rite to every one who had received it on false pretences, or to whom it had been involuntarily administered.

    1861, The Christian Review

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishadminister
  7. Englishreadminister

From re- + administer.

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Translations

Irish athriar
  • athriarto administer again

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

administerer
Cite this entry
APA

readminister. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readminister

MLA

“readminister.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readminister. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “readminister,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readminister.

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