Doctorize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To work as a doctor. archaic, intransitive

    "I still continued to doctorize with great eclat, till very lately I have been disabled by ill health."

  2. 2
    To treat medically, as a doctor. archaic, transitive

    ""Enough, my friend," said I, "you have enough to doctorize the whole town of St. Louis. […]""

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"I still continued to doctorize with great eclat, till very lately I have been disabled by ill health."

Etymology

doctor + -ize

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