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Webster 1913 Edition
Dose
Dose
(dōs)
, Noun.
[F.
dose
, Gr. δόσισ
a giving, a dose, fr. διδόναι
to give; akin to L. dare
to give. See Date
point of time.] 1.
The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.
2.
A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive.
3.
Anything unpleasant that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one; also used figuratively,
as to give someone a
. dose
of his own medicine, i. e. to retaliate in kindI am for curing the world by gentle alteratives, not by violent
doses
. W. Irving.
I dare undertake that as fulsome a
dose
as you give him, he shall readily take it down. South.
1.
To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.
2.
To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need.
A self-opinioned physician, worse than his distemper, who shall
dose
, and bleed, and kill him, “secundum artem.” South
3.
To give anything nauseous to.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dose
DOSE
,Noun.
1.
The quantity of medicine give or prescribed to be taken at one time. 2.
Any thing given to be swallowed; any thing nauseous, that one is obliged to take.3.
A quantity; a portion.4.
As much as a man can swallow.DOSE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To proportion a medicine properly to the patient or disease; to form into suitable doses.2.
To give in doses; to give medicine or physic.3.
To give any thing nauseous.