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annostella — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • administer verb To manage, oversee, or run something, such as an organization, program, or set of rules.
  • apportion verb To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
  • deliver verb To bring or take something to its intended destination.
  • digest verb To break food down in the stomach and intestines so the body can absorb its nutrients.
  • dispense verb To give out or distribute something, especially in measured amounts.
  • dose noun A measured amount of medicine taken at one time.
  • issue noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.

Senses

annostella is used for these senses in English:

  • administer (transitive, medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
  • apportion (transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
  • deliver (medicine) To administer a drug.
  • digest (transitive) To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.
  • dish out (transitive) To put (food) on to a dish ready for eating.
  • dispense To supply or make up a medicine or prescription.
  • dose (transitive) To surreptitiously administer a dose of an incapacitating drug (to an unwilling subject); to roofie.
  • issue (transitive) To deliver for use.

administer — full definition

  1. verb To manage, oversee, or run something, such as an organization, program, or set of rules.
  2. verb To give someone a drug, treatment, or dose.

apportion — full definition

  1. verb To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
  2. verb Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.

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