v. t.
v. i. To practice physic. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere to teach. See Docile. ]
One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death
Will seize the doctor too. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Doctors' Commons.
Doctor's stuff,
Doctor fish (Zool.),
a. [ Cf. F. doctoral. ] Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Doctoral habit and square cap. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In the manner of a doctor.[ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. doctorat. ] The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make (one) a doctor. [ 1913 Webster ]
He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A female doctor.[ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Like a doctor or learned man. [ Obs. ] “Doctorly prelates.” Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Doctorate. [ R. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]