dose
verb/dəʊs/
/dəʊs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dose | /dəʊs/ /dəʊs/ |
| he / she / it doses | /ˈdəʊsɪz/ /ˈdəʊsɪz/ |
| past simple dosed | /dəʊst/ /dəʊst/ |
| past participle dosed | /dəʊst/ /dəʊst/ |
| -ing form dosing | /ˈdəʊsɪŋ/ /ˈdəʊsɪŋ/ |
- dose somebody/yourself (up) (with something) to give somebody/yourself a medicine or drug
- She dosed herself up with vitamin pills.
- He was heavily dosed with painkillers.
Word Originlate Middle English: from French, via late Latin from Greek dosis ‘gift’, from didonai ‘give’.
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