DOSE (2)

dose (2). Dose, v.t. to give a dose, to proportion

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Dose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dosed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. dosing.] [[Cf. F. doser. See Dose, n.]] 1. 1. To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.
2. 2. To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need.
A self-opinioned physician, worse than his distemper, who shall dose, and bleed, and kill him, “secundum artem.” South 3. 3. To give anything nauseous to.