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   Doc·tor

   /ˈdäktər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a qualified practitioner of medicine; a physician: "I'll make him go and see the doctor"
   • ▪ a qualified dentist or veterinary surgeon. North American
   • ▪ a person who gives advice or makes improvements: informal "the script doctor rewrote the original"
   • 2. a person who holds a doctorate: "he was made a Doctor of Divinity"
   • ▪ short for Doctor of the Church
   • ▪ a teacher or learned person: archaic "the wisest doctor is graveled by the inquisitiveness of a child"
   • 3. an artificial fishing fly.

   verb

   • 1. change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify: "the reports could have been doctored" Similar falsifytamper withtinker withinterfere withmanipulatemassagerigalterchangeforgefaketrump upfudgepervertdistortinformal:cookjugglefiddle (with)
   • ▪ alter the content of (a drink, food, or substance) by adding strong or harmful ingredients: "he denied doctoring Stephen's drinks" Similar adulteratecontaminatetainttamper withlacemixdilutewater downthin outweakeninformal:spikedopecutslip a Mickey Finn intorare:vitiate
   • ▪ tamper with (a ball) so as to affect its movement when pitched: "fast bowlers were doctoring the ball"
   • 2. treat (someone) medically: informal "I will doctor him everyday until he is better" Similar treatmedicatedosesoothecurehealtendattend tominister toadminister tocare fortake care ofnurse
   • ▪ remove the sexual organs of (an animal) so that it cannot reproduce: "the dog was doctored"
   • ▪ repair (a machine).

   Word Origin Middle English (in the senses ‘learned person’ and ‘Doctor of the Church’): via Old French from Latin doctor ‘teacher’ (from docere ‘teach’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. doctorly adjective
   • 2. doctorial adjective
   • 3. doctorship noun

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