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Dose

noun

1.

A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time. Synonym: dosage.

2.

The quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time. Synonym: dosage.

3.

A communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact. Synonyms: Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, STD, VD, venereal disease, venereal infection, Venus's curse.

4.

Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide. Synonyms: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen.

verb

(past & past part. dosed; pres. part. dosing)

1.

Treat with an agent; add (an agent) to.

2.

Administer a drug to. Synonym: drug.

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"Dose" Quotes from Famous Books

... the subject of her diminishing locks. While Cheese, going red also, administered to Jan sundry kicks under the table, as an intimation that he should have kept counsel. "I—took—just a little drop, Mr. Jan," said she. "What's the dose, if you please? Is it one tea-spoonful ...

— Verner's Pride • Mrs. Henry Wood

... another proof of the thoughtful wisdom of this estimable woman. At last, I was again in full possession of her charming person. Oh! how we did revel in all the luxuries and lubricity; almost every night my enchanting friend found some new position to vary and enhance our erotic raptures. One new dose was laying me down flat on my back, then straddling over me, she sank on her knees, and with body erect, lifted up or rather bent back my stiff-standing prick, until he was fairly below her open cunt, then guiding it exactly to the proper entrance, she sank her body slowly down upon it until ...

— The Romance of Lust - A classic Victorian erotic novel • Anonymous

... there," he said, biting the words savagely. "I was sick at the time. I'd had a go of malaria and was as weak as a kitten. The place was empty, and only Leh Shin was in the house, and whether he gave me a stronger dose, or whether I was too seedy to stand my usual quantity, I can't tell you, but ...

— The Pointing Man - A Burmese Mystery • Marjorie Douie

... thin in no time," Patty nodded energetically. "And we'll give Mae Mertelle a dose of ...

— Just Patty • Jean Webster

... the room; but it was small, and I heard all that passed. I had my revolver ready to cover Rischenheim in case he should be moved to make a dash for liberty. But he was past that: Rupert's presence was a tonic that nerved him to effort and to confidence, but the force of the last dose was gone and the man was sunk ...

— Rupert of Hentzau - From The Memoirs of Fritz Von Tarlenheim: The Sequel to - The Prisoner of Zenda • Anthony Hope

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