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DOCTOR UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
Example:
Sophisticate rose water with geraniol
Synonyms:
doctor; doctor up; sophisticate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "doctor up" is one way to...):
adulterate; debase; dilute; load; stretch (corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
