"bedoctor" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bedoctors [present, singular, third-person], bedoctoring [participle, present], bedoctored [participle, past], bedoctored [past]
Etymology: From be- (“on, at, upon”) + doctor. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|doctor|t1=on, at, upon}} be- (“on, at, upon”) + doctor Head templates: {{en-verb}} bedoctor (third-person singular simple present bedoctors, present participle bedoctoring, simple past and past participle bedoctored)
  1. (transitive) To confer a doctoral degree upon. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bedoctor-en-verb-pCZVh6da
  2. (transitive) To address as 'doctor'. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bedoctor-en-verb-aYocAIOv
  3. (transitive) To care for in the manner of a doctor. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bedoctor-en-verb-0LcYSIsR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 28 41 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 12 75 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 31 28 41

Inflected forms

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