administering

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of administer

noun

1. administration
   This "body to be cared for, protected, cultivated and preserved from the many dangers and contacts" required other bodies that would perform those nurturing services, providing the leisure for such self-absorbed administerings and self-bolstering acts. 2002, Wendy Woodward, Gary Minkley, Deep Histories: Gender and Colonialism in Southern Africa, page 17