DOCTOR

I. noun see: docile Date: 14th century 1. an eminent theologian declared a sound expounder of doctrine by the Roman Catholic Church, a learned or authoritative teacher, a person who has earned one of the highest academic degrees (as a PhD) conferred by a university, a person awarded an honorary ~ate (as an LLD or Litt D) by a college or university, 2. a person skilled or specializing in healing arts, medicine man , 3. material added (as to food) to produce a desired effect, a blade (as of metal) for spreading a coating or scraping a surface, a person who restores, repairs, or fine-tunes things, ~al adjective ~less adjective ~ship noun II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1712 transitive verb 1. to give medical treatment to, to restore to good condition ; repair , 2. to adapt or modify for a desired end by alteration or special treatment , to alter deceptively , intransitive verb to practice medicine, to take medicine