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Webster 1913 Edition

Doctorate

Doc′tor-ate

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

doctorat

.]

The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.

Doc′tor-ate

,

Verb.

T.

To make (one) a doctor.

He was bred . . . in Oxford and there

doctorated

.

Fuller.

Webster 1828 Edition

Doctorate

DOCTORATE

,

Noun.

The degree of a doctor.

DOCTORATE

,

Verb.

T.

To make a doctor by conferring a degree.