doctoring

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doctoring - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Doctor \Doc"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doctored; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Doctoring.]
     1. To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to
        repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart.
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     2. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.
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     3. To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to
        falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to
        doctor whisky. [Slang]
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