different between doctoratal vs doctorate

English

Pronunciation

• (noun:)
  • (UK) enPR: d?k?t?r-?t, IPA^(key): /?d?k.t?.??t/
  • (US) enPR: d?k?t?r-?t, IPA^(key): /?d?k.t??.?t/
• (verb:)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?k.t?.?e?t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?d?k.t??.e?t/
• Hyphenation: doc?tor?ate

Noun

doctorate (plural doctorates)

1. The highest degree awarded by a university faculty.

Derived terms

• honorary doctorate
• postdoctorate

Translations

Verb

doctorate (third-person singular simple present doctorates, present participle doctorating, simple past and past participle doctorated)

1. (archaic) To make (someone) into a doctor.
   • 1662, Thomas Fuller, History of the Worthies of England

     He was bred […] in Oxford and there doctorated.

   • 1886, Simon Somerville Laurie, Lectures on the Rise and Early Constitution of Universities:

     Even after Salernum had a teacher of law [...] it could not doctorate in law.

Further reading

• doctorate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• corotated

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dok.to??ra?.te/, [d??kt?o???ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dok.to?ra.te/, [d??kt??????t??]

Verb

doct?r?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of doct?r?