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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Doctorate

/dŏkʹtər-ət/ · Doc·tor·ate · IPA /ˈdɑk.tɚ.ət/
01 n. The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.
  1. 1.
    The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.
02 v. t. To make (one) a doctor.
  1. 1.
    To make (one) a doctor.
    “He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated.” Fuller.