资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Minister \Min"is*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ministered}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Ministering}.] [OE. ministren, OF. ministrer, fr.
   L. ministrare. See {Minister}, n.]
   To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.

         He that ministereth seed to the sower.   --2 Cor. ix.
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         We minister to God reason to suspect us. --Jer. Taylor.