n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: doc · tored ; doc · tor · ing \ -t( ə -)ri ŋ \
Date: 1712
transitive verb
1 a : to give medical treatment to b : to restore to good condition : REPAIR < doctor an old clock>
2 a : to adapt or modify for a desired end by alteration or special treatment < doctor ed the play to suit the audience> <the drink was doctor ed > b : to alter deceptively <accused of doctor ing the election returns> <a doctor ed photo>
intransitive verb
1 : to practice medicine
2 dialect : to take medicine