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Doctor(health)
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doctor verb. colloq. M16.
[Partly from DOCTOR noun noun, partly (in sense 2) from medieval Latin doctorare (see DOCTORATE verb).]
verb intrans. Cite learned persons. Only as doctoring verbal noun. rare. Only in M16.
verb trans. Confer the degree or title of doctor on; make a doctor; address as 'doctor'. L16.
J. R. Lowell I have been over to Oxford to be doctored.
verb trans. Treat, as a doctor; give medical treatment to. E18.
S. Bellow I doctored myself with tranquillizers.
b. Repair, patch up, set to rights, (machinery etc.); take steps to improve or make acceptable. E19.
A. Blond A writer, gaining his main income..from doctoring film scripts.
c. Castrate or spay (an animal). E20.
verb trans. Alter or disguise the appearance, flavour, or character of; falsify, tamper with, adulterate; 'cook'. L18.
P. V. Price As wine got old in cask..it would be doctored..with honey..or fruit juices that might make it palatable. M. Richler He wasn't awfully good at school, and so..he would doctor his report card.
verb intrans. Practise as a physician. Chiefly as doctoring verbal noun. M19.
A. D. T. Whitney Preaching ran in the King family, as politics or doctoring..run in some others.
verb intrans. Receive treatment by a doctor. L19.
doctorer noun L19.