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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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