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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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Dose \Dose\ (d[=o]s), n. [F. dose, Gr. do`sis a giving, a dose,
fr. dido`nai to give; akin to L. dare to give. See {Date}
point of time.]
1. The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken,
at one time.
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2. A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take,
or as falls to one to receive.
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3. Anything unpleasant that one is obliged to take; a
disagreeable portion thrust upon one; also used
figuratively, as to give someone a dose of his own
medicine, i. e. to retaliate in kind.
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I am for curing the world by gentle alteratives, not
by violent doses. -- W. Irving.
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I dare undertake that as fulsome a dose as you give
him, he shall readily take it down. -- South.
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4. a quantity of radiation which an object absorbs, or to
which it is exposed.
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