| Doctor (doctor) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Doc"tor |
| [OF. doctur, L.
doctor, teacher, fr. docere to teach. See
Docile.] |
A teacher] one skilled in a
profession, or branch of knowledge; a learned man.
An academical title, originally meaning a
man so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it.
Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university
or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a
doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of
philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title
only.
One duly licensed to practice medicine; a
member of the medical profession; a physician.
Any mechanical contrivance intended to
remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the
doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to
remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary
engine, called also donkey engine.
The friar skate.
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| Doctor (doctor) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Doc"tor |
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To treat as a physician
does] to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick
man or a broken cart.
To confer a doctorate upon; to make a
doctor.
To tamper with and arrange for one's own
purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election
returns; to doctor whisky.
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| Doctor (doctor) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Doc"tor |
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