doctorate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
doctorate
    n 1: one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a
         university [syn: {doctor's degree}, {doctorate}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Doctorate \Doc"tor*ate\, n. [Cf. F. doctorat.]
   The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Doctorate \Doc"tor*ate\, v. t.
   To make (one) a doctor.
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         He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. --
                                                  Fuller.
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