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Subministrate


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.]