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Definition of dose verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. 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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