undoctor

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verb

To divest of the character or status of a doctor.

“July 15, 1833, Jane Carlyle, letter to Thomas Carlyle My brother-in-law is a paragon of the class, but he is so by—in as much as possible—undoctoring himself.”

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Meanings

verbundoctor (third-person singular simple present undoctors, present participle undoctoring, simple past and past participle undoctored)

present singular third person undoctors · participle present undoctoring · participle past undoctored · past undoctored

  1. transitiveTo divest of the character or status of a doctor.

    July 15, 1833, Jane Carlyle, letter to Thomas Carlyle My brother-in-law is a paragon of the class, but he is so by—in as much as possible—undoctoring himself.

  2. transitiveTo restore (something illicitly altered) to its correct form.

    If their accountants are undoctoring the books properly, there's evidence he's ripped off something close to two million bucks on this Arizona thing alone.

    2012, William L. DeAndrea, Killed in the Act

Origin

From un- + doctor.

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Cite this entry
APA

undoctor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undoctor

MLA

“undoctor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undoctor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undoctor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undoctor.

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