doctor
    n 1: a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to
         see my doctor" [syn: doctor, doc, physician, MD,
         Dr., medico]
    2: (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who
       distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their
       theological teaching; "the Doctors of the Church greatly
       influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"
       [syn: Doctor of the Church, Doctor]
    3: children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and
       pretend they are at the physician's office; "the children
       explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"
    4: a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an
       academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in
       physics" [syn: doctor, Dr.]
    v 1: alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive;
         "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" [syn:
         sophisticate, doctor, doctor up]
    2: give medical treatment to
    3: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn
       or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes
       please" [syn: repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor,
       furbish up, restore, touch on] [ant: break, bust]

Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re brother, friar, fr.
   L. frater brother. See Brother.]
   1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order,
      but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:
      (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b)
      Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d) White
      Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary.
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   2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
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   3. (Zool.) An American fish; the silversides.
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   Friar bird (Zool.), an Australian bird (Tropidorhynchus
      corniculatus), having the head destitute of feathers; --
      called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; poor
      soldier, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to
      several other species of the same genus.

   Friar's balsam (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds
      and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,
      styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of
      benzoin. --Brande & C.

   Friar's cap (Bot.), the monkshood.

   Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare)
      with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.

   Friar's lantern, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.
      --Milton.

   Friar skate (Zool.), the European white or sharpnosed skate
      (Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, border
      ray, scad, and doctor.
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doctor \doc"tor\, n. [OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere
   to teach. See Docile.]
   1. A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of
      knowledge; a learned man. [Obs.]
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            One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel. --
                                                  Bacon.
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   2. An academical title, originally meaning a man so well
      versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it.
      Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a
      university or college, or has received a diploma of the
      highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of
      medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may
      confer an honorary title only.
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   3. One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the
      medical profession; a physician.
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            By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death
            Will seize the doctor too.            -- Shak.
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   4. Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty
      or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a
      calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove
      superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary
      engine, called also donkey engine.
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   5. (Zool.) The friar skate. [Prov. Eng.]
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   Doctors' Commons. See under Commons.

   Doctor's stuff, physic, medicine. --G. Eliot.

   Doctor fish (Zool.), any fish of the genus Acanthurus;
      the surgeon fish; -- so called from a sharp lancetlike
      spine on each side of the tail. Also called barber fish.
      See Surgeon fish.
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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.
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   2. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.
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   3. To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to
      falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to
      doctor whisky. [Slang]
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Doctor \Doc"tor\, v. i.
   To practice physic. [Colloq.]
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Dr \Dr.\ n.
   abbreviation for doctor, a title accorded to a person who
   holds a doctorate degree from an academic institution, such
   as a Ph.D. degree or M.D. degree. [abbrev.]

   Syn: doctor.
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   2. a licensed doctor of medicine.

   Syn: doctor, doc, physician, MD, medico.
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Doctor
   (Luke 2:46; 5:17; Acts 5:34), a teacher. The Jewish doctors
   taught and disputed in synagogues, or wherever they could find
   an audience. Their disciples were allowed to propose to them
   questions. They assumed the office without any appointment to
   it. The doctors of the law were principally of the sect of the
   Pharisees. Schools were established after the destruction of
   Jerusalem at Babylon and Tiberias, in which academical degrees
   were conferred on those who passed a certain examination. Those
   of the school of Tiberias were called by the title "rabbi," and
   those of Babylon by that of "master."