Word of the Day

Doctor

March 30, 2021

doctor

doc-tor / dŏk-tər

noun 1. a physician or medical practitioner Medicines cure diseases but only doctors can cure patients. Carl Jung 2. a person with a PhD an academic professional degree meaning doctor of philosophy Dr. is not just my prefix it’s my superpower. Anonymous verb 1. to falsify; to change the content or the appearance of something such as a document or picture in order to deceive The idiom ‘to cook the books’ means to doctor financial documents to make a company appear to be more profitable than it actually is. 2. to treat medically Dr. Emile Coue doctored his patients by telling them to repeat the mantra, ‘Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.’
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