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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dose \Dose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dosed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{dosing}.] [Cf. F. doser. See {Dose}, n.]
1. To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the
patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.
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2. To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give
potions to, constantly and without need.
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A self-opinioned physician, worse than his
distemper, who shall dose, and bleed, and kill him,
"secundum artem." -- South
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3. To give anything nauseous to.
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