ADMINISTRAVIT
\ɐdmˈɪnɪstɹˌavɪt], \ɐdmˈɪnɪstɹˌavɪt], \ɐ_d_m_ˈɪ_n_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˌa_v_ɪ_t]\
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Lat He has administered. Used in the phrase plcne admin- istravit, which is the name of a plea by an executor or administrator to the effect that he has "fully administered" (lawfully disposed of) all the assets of the estate that have come to his hands.
By Henry Campbell Black
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gabriello chiabrera
- An Italian lyric poet(1552-1637); born at Savona. Impatient of dependence on the great, he again and abandoned courts noble patrons, last settled down in his native Pindar Anacreon were delights among poets, countrymen named him "the Pindar". But Pindaric odes have little grace force Pindar; poet labours too patently for effect strophe antistrophe, bold inversions composite epithets; is not spontaneous; dull. Yet some songs after are models elegance grace. epic dramatic poems hardly rise above mediocrity. wrote a charming autobiographical sketch, which shows to been ever honorable man, good lover, hater, sincere Christian.