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.

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