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dose(2) (iou) and february (medicine)


dose(2) (iou)



dose verb trans. M17.
[from DOSE noun: cf. French doser.]
Give doses or medicine to; add a dose to. M17.
V. S. Reid Mother boils castor oil to dose him. R. Travers Trying to poison his wife with dosed lemon syrup.
Divide into, or administer in, doses. E18.
Infect with venereal disease. slang. M20.
doser noun a person who gives a dose; contempt. a physician: L19.

february (medicine)


february


The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.

Origin: L. Februarius, orig, the month of expiation, because on the fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and purification was held, fr. Februa, pl, the Roman festival or purification; akin to februare to purify, expiate.

Source: Websters Dictionary