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Meaning of 'dose' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dose [ n.]
- The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.
- A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive.
- Anything nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one.
- To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.
- To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need.
- To give anything nauseous to.

Meaning of 'dose' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dose [ v]
Meaning (1):
- treat with an agent; add (an agent) to
Example in sentence:
  • The ray dosed the paint
Meaning (2):
- administer a drug to
Example in sentence:
  • They drugged the kidnapped tourist

Nearby Words:

dosed dosel dosing dosology dossel dosser dossil dost

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