readminister

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ administer.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to administer again
   • 1861, The Christian Review:

     But Baptists would readminister the rite to every one who had received it on false pretences, or to whom it had been involuntarily administered.

   • 2008, Richard Rogers, Clinical Assessment of Malingering and Deception:

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

Related terms

• readministration

Translations

to administer again

• Irish: athriar

Anagrams

• administerer