Doctorate
Pronunciation : Doc"tor*ate
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. doctorat.]
Definition : Defn: The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Doc"tor*ate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make (one) a doctor. He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. Fuller.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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