Doctoring

Doctoring
Doctor Doc"tor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doctored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doctoring}.] 1. To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

2. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor. [1913 Webster]

3. To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky. [Slang] [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Doctoring device — Ракельное устройство, ракель …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

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  • spin-doctoring —  See doctoring …   American business jargon

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