SUBMIN'ISTRATE, verb transitive [Latin subministro; sub and ministro.] To supply; to afford. [Not in use.] SUBMIN'ISTER, verb intransitive To subserve; to be useful to. Our passions--subminister to the best and worst of purposes. [Not in use.] [See Minister and Administer.]
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