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

doctor

verb
 
/ˈdɒktə(r)/
 
/ˈdɑːktər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they doctor
 
/ˈdɒktə(r)/
 
/ˈdɑːktər/
he / she / it doctors
 
/ˈdɒktəz/
 
/ˈdɑːktərz/
past simple doctored
 
/ˈdɒktəd/
 
/ˈdɑːktərd/
past participle doctored
 
/ˈdɒktəd/
 
/ˈdɑːktərd/
-ing form doctoring
 
/ˈdɒktərɪŋ/
 
/ˈdɑːktərɪŋ/
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  1. doctor something to change something in order to trick somebody synonym falsify
    • He was accused of doctoring the figures.
  2. doctor something to add something harmful to food or drink
    • The wine had been doctored.
  3. doctor something (informal) to remove part of the sex organs of an animal synonym neuter
  4. Word OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘learned person’ and ‘Doctor of the Church’): via Old French from Latin doctor ‘teacher’ (from docere ‘teach’).
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