Undoctor

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To divest of the character or status of a doctor. transitive

    "July 15, 1833, Jane Carlyle, letter to Thomas Carlyle My brother-in-law is a paragon of the class, but he is so by—in as much as possible—undoctoring himself."

  2. 2
    To restore (something illicitly altered) to its correct form. transitive

    "If their accountants are undoctoring the books properly, there's evidence he's ripped off something close to two million bucks on this Arizona thing alone."

Example

More examples

"July 15, 1833, Jane Carlyle, letter to Thomas Carlyle My brother-in-law is a paragon of the class, but he is so by—in as much as possible—undoctoring himself."

Etymology

From un- + doctor.

More for "undoctor"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.