to doctor

Definition of to doctor in English English dictionary: The title of a doctor (whether medical or academic) used before the doctor's name. Abbreviation: Dr, Dr
Doctor Smith carried out the medical procedure.; To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university; To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior
We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido.; A veterinarian; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick; To act as a medical doctor to
Her children doctored her back to health.; A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions; To genetically alter an extant species
Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.; To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document
To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery.; A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick. The final examination and qualification may award a doctorate in which case the post-nominal letters are MD in the US or MBBS in the UK
If you still feel unwell tomorrow, go see your doctor.; {v} to physic, cure, heal, take care of; {n} a title in divinity, law a teacher; The title of a doctor (whether medical or academic) used before the doctors name. Abbreviation: Dr, Dr; a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"; 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; A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you with his bills; (dock'-tohr); A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick. The final examination and qualification may award a doctorate in which case the post-nominal letters are MD in the US; anyone with a doctorate; not necessarily associated with practioners of medicine; children take the roles of doctor or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the doctor's office; "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"; 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; 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; {f} provide medical treatment, take care of someone who is ill; fix, repair; tamper with, falsify; alter; degree from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"; A user-friendly information source about health The doctors here have a "Monty Python"-like bedside manner and treat people in a loving and concerned manner, with dignity and respect for their wishes They are known to be spontaneously silly with a humble disposition The doctors come from their hearts and so refuse to mislead people with invented answers They give of themselves in order to serve humanity; degree from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics" give medical treatment to; If someone doctors something, they change it in order to deceive people. They doctored the prints to make her look as awful as possible; Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only; (Luke 2: 46; 5: 17; Acts 5: 34), a teacher The Jewish doctors taught and disputed in synagogues, or wherever they could find an audience Their disciples were allowed to propose to them questions They assumed the office without any appointment to it The doctors of the law were principally of the sect of the Pharisees Schools were established after the destruction of Jerusalem at Babylon and Tiberias, in which academical degrees were conferred on those who passed a certain examination Those of the school of Tiberias were called by the title "rabbi," and those of Babylon by that of "master "; a person who holds Ph; a person who holds Ph D degree from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"; A dentist or veterinarian can also be called doctor; {i} person who is licensed to practice medicine (i.e. physician, surgeon); one who received a doctor's degree from a university; To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart; The friar skate; Who cures your ills by pills and kills you by his bills; A doctor is someone who is qualified in medicine and treats people who are ill. Do not discontinue the treatment without consulting your doctor Doctor Paige will be here right after lunch to see her; give medical treatment to; meaning "to teach"; To practice physic; restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"; To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky; alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"; n dokter; > yisheng; To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor; One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician; (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the othodoxy of their theological teaching; "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"; A doctor is someone who has been awarded the highest academic or honorary degree by a university. He is a doctor of philosophy; A seventh son used to be so dubbed from the notion of his being intuitively skilled in the cure of agues, the king's evil, and other diseases "Plusieurs croyent qu'en France les septiennes garÃ§ons, nez de legitimes mariages (sans que la suitte des sept ait, estÃ© interrompue par la naissance d'aucune fille) peuvent aussi guerir des fievres tierces, des fievres quartes, et mesme des ecrouelles,aprÃ¨s avoir jeÃ»ne trois ou neuf jours avant que de toucher les malades " - Jean Baptiste Thiers: TraitÃ© des Superstitions, etc , i p 436 Doctor (The) The cook on board ship, who "doctors" the food Any adulterated or doctored beverage; hence the mixture of milk, water, nutmeg, and a little rum, is called Doctor; the two former ingredients being "doctored" by the two latter; The doctor's is used to refer to the surgery or office where a doctor works. I have an appointment at the doctors; {i} physician