[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

doctorate \doc"torate\, n. cf. f. doctorat.
   the degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

doctorate \doc"torate\, v. t.
   to make one a doctor.
   1913 webster

         he was bred . . . in oxford and there doctorated. --
                                                  fuller.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

doctorate
     n : one of the highest academic degrees conferred by a
         university syn: doctor's degree
see also:
doctor's degree 

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