doctor
verb [T] (CHANGE) /ˈdɒk.tər/
/ˈdɑːk.tɚ/ Definition
› to change a document in order to deceive people: He was found to have provided the court with doctored evidence.Adapting and modifying ChangingAdapting and attuning to something › to secretly put a harmful or poisonous substance into food or drink: Bottles of lemonade doctored with rat poison were discovered in the kitchen.Adapting and modifying ChangingAdapting and attuning to somethingPoisoning and allergy
(Definition of doctor verb (CHANGE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- acclimatize verb
- accommodate verb (SUIT)
- adapt verb (BECOME FAMILIAR)
- adapt verb (CHANGE)
- adaptable adjective
- adjustable adjective
- adjustment noun (BECOMING FAMILIAR)
- amend verb
- amendment noun
- chameleon noun (PERSON)
- change with/keep up with/move with the times idiom
- jigger verb
- modification noun (CHANGE)
- modification noun (LANGUAGE)
- pliant adjective (PERSON)
- put sth back phrasal verb (OF CLOCK)
- revision noun (CHANGE)
- tailored adjective (FOR PURPOSE)
- turn the tables on sb idiom
- write sb out of sth phrasal verb
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