doctorate

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doctorate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Doctorate \Doc"tor*ate\, n. [Cf. F. doctorat.]
     The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.
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  Doctorate \Doc"tor*ate\, v. t.
     To make (one) a doctor.
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           He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. --
                                                    Fuller.
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doctorate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  doctorate
      n 1: one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a
           university [syn: doctor's degree, doctorate]