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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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To practice physic. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician. [ 1913 Webster ]

By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death
Will seize the doctor too. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) The friar skate. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. doctoral. ] Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Doctoral habit and square cap. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a doctor.[ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. doctorat. ] The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make (one) a doctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female doctor.[ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a doctor or learned man. [ Obs. ] “Doctorly prelates.” Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Doctorate. [ R. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the middle part of October. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. nox, noctis, night + -graph. ] 1. A kind of writing frame for the blind. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument or register which records the presence of watchmen on their beats. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ . [ L. octo eight, Gr. 'oktw`, with a combining form 'okta-. Cf. Eight. ] A combining form meaning eight; as in octodecimal, octolocular. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of an octoic acid; a caprylate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., the eighth month of the primitive Roman year, which began in March, fr. octo eight: cf. F. Octobre. See Octave. ] 1. The tenth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ale or cider made in that month. [ 1913 Webster ]

The country gentlemen had a posset or drink they called October. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] Octocerata. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'oktw` eight + &unr_;, a horn. ] (Zool.) A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called also Octopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.) See Octachord. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. octodecim eighteen. See Octavo, Decimal, and -mo. ] Having eighteen leaves to a sheet; as, an octodecimo form, book, leaf, size, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Octodecimos A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eighteen leaves; hence; indicating more or less definitely a size of book, whose sheets are so folded; -- usually written 18mo or 18°, and called eighteenmo. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Octo- + dentate. ] Having eight teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Octo- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Octodontidae, a family of rodents which includes the coypu, and many other South American species. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Octahedral. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Octo- + root of L. findere to split: cf. F. octofide. ] (Bot.) Cleft or separated into eight segments, as a calyx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Octo- + Gr. &unr_; marriage. ] A marrying eight times. [ R. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person eighty years, or more, of age. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. octogenarius, from octogeni eighty each, octoginta eighty, fr. octo eight. See Eight, Eighty. ] Of eighty years of age. “Being then octogenary.” Aubrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Octo- + AS. gild payment. ] (Anglo-Saxon Law) A pecuniary compensation for an injury, of eight times the value of the thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Octagonal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. 'oktw` eight + gynh` a woman, female. ] (Bot.) A Linnaean order of plants having eight pistils. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Having eight pistils; octagynous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Octo-. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, octane; -- used specifically, to designate any one of a group of acids, the most important of which is called caprylic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Octo- + locular. ] (Bot.) Having eight cells for seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Octo- + naphthene. ] (Chem.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon of the octylene series, occurring in Caucasian petroleum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. octonarius, fr. octoni eight each, fr. octo eight. ] Of or pertaining to the number eight. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. octoni eight each + E. ocular. ] Having eight eyes. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Octo- + L. pes, pedis, foot. ] (Zool.) An animal having eight feet, as a spider. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Octo- + petal. ] (Bot.) Having eight petals or flower leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; eight-footed; 'oktw` eight + poy`s, podo`s, foot: cf. F. octopode. ] (Zool.) One of the Octocerata. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) (a) Same as Octocerata. (b) Same as Arachnida. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'oktw` eight + &unr_; a little foot. ] (Zool.) Same as Octocerata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Octopod. ] 1. (Zool.) A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any member of the genus Octopus. [ PJC ]

3. (Fig.) Something resembling an octopus in having numerous controlling arms or branches that reach widely and influence many activities; -- used mostly of organizations, such as diversified corporations. [ PJC ]

a. [ Octo- + radiated. ] Having eight rays. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. octo eight + -roon, as in quadroon. ] The offspring of a quadroon and a white person; a mestee. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Octo- + Gr. &unr_; seed. ] (Bot.) Containing eight seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Octo- + Gr. sti`chos a row. ] (Bot.) In eight vertical ranks, as leaves on a stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Octo- + Gr. &unr_; a pillar: cf. F. octostyle. ] (Arch.) Having eight columns in the front; -- said of a temple or portico. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek temples are hexastyle. See Hexastyle. -- n. An octostyle portico or temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. octosyllabus. See Octo-, and Syllable. ] Consisting of or containing eight syllables. [ 1913 Webster ]