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doctoring noun [ ˈdɒkt(ə)rɪŋ ]

• the action of changing the content or appearance of a document or picture in order to deceive; falsification.
• "the doctoring was discovered after the newspaper noticed that several civilians appeared twice in the altered photo"
• the occupation, profession, or work of a doctor.
• "he contemplated giving up doctoring"

doctor verb

• change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify.
• "the reports could have been doctored"
Similar: falsify, tamper with, tinker with, interfere with, manipulate, massage, rig, alter, change, forge, fake, trump up, fudge, pervert, distort, cook, juggle, fiddle (with),
• treat (someone) medically.
• "I will doctor him everyday until he is better"
Similar: treat, medicate, dose, soothe, cure, heal, tend, attend to, minister to, administer to, care for, take care of, nurse,
Origin: Middle English (in the senses ‘learned person’ and ‘Doctor of the Church’): via Old French from Latin doctor ‘teacher’ (from docere ‘teach’).


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