dose
noun
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
have dosed
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present perfectof dose.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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For generations, pregnant women have dosed themselves with unpalatable, hazardous potions in desperate, largely unsuccessful efforts to rid their bodies of unwanted fetuses.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rumor persists that Lyme-infected veterinarians have dosed themselves with canine Lyme vaccine not tested in humans.
From Time Magazine Archive
The poor bees in their desperation, appear to have dosed the unfortunate drone to death: as though they expected by such liberal feeding, to produce some hopeful change in his sexual organization!
From Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual by L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine) Langstroth
"I fancy I must have dosed a little, for I did feel pretty cold once or twice."
From Uncanny Tales by Mrs. Mary Louisa Molesworth
“Roger,” he said, “had you not eaten half a kid an hour gone I would have dosed you for a fever.”
From The Great Mogul by Louis Tracy
