dose
noun
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
had dosed
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past perfectof dose.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Another sweep with a different, more specialized type of radiation detector revealed that they were looking at the same type of material the Mayo Clinic team had dosed the patient with: lutetium 177.
From The Verge ● Feb. 26, 2019
My stomach hurt as if my mother had dosed me with castor oil.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
Nora had dosed the door behind her to shut in the voices.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Well," he added after he had dosed them round and they had taken his prescriptions, with really laughable humility, more like charity schoolchildren than blood-guilty mutineers and pirates—"well, that's done for today.
From Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The chief-mate was of opinion we had dosed him in the other affair, in a way to sicken him; this time we should bring him to with a round turn!
From Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale by James Fenimore Cooper
