doctorize en · VERB
Etymology
doctor + -ize
Meanings
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(archaic, intransitive) To work as a doctor.
I still continued to doctorize with great eclat, till very lately I have been disabled by ill health.
1803, John Bristed, The Adviser, page 173:
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(archaic, transitive) To treat medically, as a doctor.
"Enough, my friend," said I, "you have enough to doctorize the whole town of St. Louis. […]"
1868, Henry Marie Brackenridge, Recollections of Persons and Places in the West, page 235:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| doctorized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| doctorized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| doctorizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| doctorizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |