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Doctorate

//ˈdɑk.tɚ.ət// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The highest degree awarded by a university faculty.
  2. 2
    one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make (someone) into a doctor. archaic

    "He was bred […] in Oxford and there doctorated."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin doctōrātus.

Etymology 2

From Latin doctōrātus.

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