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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.
DOCTORATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
doctorate
doctorate
English
Noun
doctorate (plural doctorates)
- The highest degree awarded by a university faculty.
Derived terms
Translations
highest degree awarded by a university faculty
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Verb
doctorate (third-person singular simple present doctorates, present participle doctorating, simple past and past participle doctorated)
- (archaic, transitive) To make into a doctor.
- Fuller
- He was bred […] in Oxford and there doctorated.
- Fuller