Definition of Dose. Meaning of Dose. Synonyms of Dose
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Definition of Dose
Dose 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.
2. A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take,
or as falls to one to receive.
3. Anything nauseous that one is obliged to take; a
disagreeable portion thrust upon one.
I am for curing the world by gentle alteratives, not
by violent doses. -- W. Irving.
I dare undertake that as fulsome a dose as you give
him, he shall readily take it down. -- South.
Dose 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.
2. To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give
potions to, constantly and without need.
A self-opinioned physician, worse than his
distemper, who shall dose, and bleed, and kill him,
``secundum artem.' -- South
3. To give anything nauseous to.
