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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.

Definition 2024


doctorate

doctorate

English

Noun

doctorate (plural doctorates)

  1. The highest degree awarded by a university faculty.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

doctorate (third-person singular simple present doctorates, present participle doctorating, simple past and past participle doctorated)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To make into a doctor.
    • Fuller
      He was bred [] in Oxford and there doctorated.

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /dok.toːˈraː.te/, [dɔk.toːˈraː.tɛ]

Verb

doctōrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of doctōrō