DOCTOR
Doc"tor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doctored; p. pr. & vb. n. Doctoring.]
1. To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart. [Colloq.]
2. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.
3. To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky. [Slang]
DOCTOR
Doc"tor, v. i.
Defn: To practice physic. [Colloq.]
DOCTORAL
Doc"tor*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. doctoral.]
Defn: Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor.
Doctoral habit and square cap. Wood.
DOCTORALLY
Doc"tor*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In the manner of a doctor.[R.]