| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Doctor.[Websters]
2. To have repaired or refitted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To be adulterated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have fixed or fabricated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To be sophisticated, polished or civilized. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have mended, altered, tinkered or remedied. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To be debased or garbled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have leeched. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To be cobbled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be reconditioned.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb doctor.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (doctor) | 1. Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive.[Wordnet]. 2. Give medical treatment to.[Wordnet]. 3. Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please".[Wordnet]. 4. To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart.[Websters]. 5. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.[Websters]. 6. To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky.[Websters]. 7. To practice physic.[Websters]. 8. Base verb from the following inflections: doctoring, doctored, doctors, doctorer, doctorers, doctoringly and doctoredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being adulterated.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being sophisticated or refined. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being corrupt or depraved. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being debased or garbled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being revised or inflected. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being darned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being reformed.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DOCTORED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DOCTORED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Technology | A book that has been altered from its original condition, usually as a consequence of mending, repairs, restoration, or the addition or removal of parts. Compare with as issued. See also: made-up copy. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: doctor
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Baby doctor | A specialist in the care of babies. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Brain doctor | A medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Cape Doctor | The strong southeast wind which blows on the South African coast. (references) | ||
| Celebrity appearances in Doctor Who | Several celebrities have made guest appearances in Doctor Who. All of those listed below are famous outside of their roles in Doctor Who; however, it is worth noting that some of them became famous after their appearance in the series. (references) | ||
| Country doctor | A doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital; "do country doctors still make house calls?". Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Courageous Exploits of Doctor Syn | The Courageous Exploits of Doctor Syn is the fifth in the series of Doctor Syn novels by Russell Thorndike. Like the previous volume it is an episodic collection of adventures. It follows Syn's adventures in his guise as the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh as he foils all attempts to catch him and to break up the Dymchurch smugglers. (references) | ||
| Diane Doctor | Dianne Doctor has been the news director of WCBS-TV since 2002 when she left WNBC-TV. She gradually phased out the tabloid elements of the newscasts that had been instituted by her predecessor, Joel Cheatwood. However, this hasn't made much difference in the ratings. WCBS, which led the ratings in New York news for over two decades, has been in third place or lower for much of the time since the 1990s. Rivals WNBC and WABC fight for first, while reruns of Seinfeld and Spanish language newscasts on WXTV and WNJU regularly finish ahead of CBS 2's 11 PM newscast. (references) | ||
| Doctor Akakia | Doctor Akakia is a satire of a very biting nature by Voltaire, directed against pretentious pedants of science in the person of Maupertuis, the President of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin, which so excited the anger of Frederick the Great, the patron of the Academy, that he ordered it to be burnt by the common hangman, after 30,000 copies of it had been sold in Paris. (references) | ||
| Doctor Almasaro | Doctor Almasaro, or The Jews of Palermo (original Yiddish title Doctor Almasaro, oder Die Yiden in Palermo) is an historical, dramatic operetta in rhymed couplets by Abraham Goldfaden, written some time between 1880 and 1883. The title character's name is also variously rendered as Doctor Almasado, Doctor Almaraso, and Doctor Almasada. (references) | ||
| Doctor Atomic | Doctor Atomic is an opera by the contemporary American composer John Adams, with libretto by Peter Sellars. It premiered at the San Francisco Opera on October 1, 2005. The work focuses on the great stress and anxiety experienced by those at Los Alamos while the test of the first atomic bomb (the "Trinity" test) was being prepared. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: DOCTORED
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Doctored Dice | Literature | 1: Loaded dice. 2: To doctor the accounts. To falsify them. They are ill (so far as you are concerned) and you falsify them to make them look better. The allusion is to drugging wine, beer, etc., and to adulteration generally. 3: (See To Doctor .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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