DOCTOR (2)

doctor (2). Doctor, v.t. to physic, cure, heal, take care of

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Doc″tor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doctored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Doctoring.] 1. 1. To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart.
2. 2. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.
3. 3. To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky.