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doctored

The correct spelling is doctored.

How to pronounce doctored

/ˈdɒktə(ɹ)d/
verb

IPA: /ˈdɒktə(ɹ)d/

Say it like: Doc-tor-ed

The correct spelling is doctored. To act as a medical doctor to. For example: "Her children doctored her back to health."

Usage Examples

Her children doctored her back to health.

They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.

Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To act as a medical doctor to.
  2. 2.To act as a medical doctor.
  3. 3.To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
  4. 4.To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
  5. 5.To genetically alter an extant species.

adjective

  1. 1.Altered; falsified; skewed; manipulated
  2. 2.Repaired

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