DOSE

dose. Dose, n. enough at one time, a share, medicin

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Dose (dōs), n. [[F. dose, Gr. δόσισ a giving, a dose, fr. διδόναι to give; akin to L. dare to give. See Date point of time.]] 1. 1. The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.
2. 2. A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive.
3. 3. Anything nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one.
I am for curing the world by gentle alteratives, not by violent doses. W. Irving. I dare undertake that as fulsome a dose as you give him, he shall readily take it down. South.