doctorate (plural doctorates)
The highest degree awarded by a university faculty.
doctorate (third-person singular simple present doctorates, present participle doctorating, simple past and past participle doctorated)
(archaic) To make (someone) into a doctor.
• corotated
Source: Wiktionary
Doc"tor*ate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. doctorat.]
Definition: The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.
Doc"tor*ate, v. t.
Definition: To make (one) a doctor. He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 November 2024
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
