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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Dose

Dōse, n.

noun

n. [Fr. dose, from Gr. δόσις, a giving, that which is given, in medicine, dose, from διδόναι, to give; It. dose, dosa, Sp. dosa, dosis.]

Sense 1. The quantity of medicine given or prescribed to be taken at one time.

I am for curing the world by gentle alteratives, not by violent doses. W. Irving.

Sense 2. A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive.

Sense 3. Any thing nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one.

As fulsome a dose as you shall give him, he shall readily take it down. South.

Dōse, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. DOSED (dōst); p. pr. & vb. n. DOSING.] [Fr. doser, L. Lat. dosare. See supra.]

  1. To proportion, as a medicine, properly to the patient or disease; to form into suitable doses.
  2. To give doses to; to give medicine or physic to; to give potions to constantly and without need.
  3. To give any thing nauseous to.