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dosed

verb
SayDOHSTUS/doʊst/UK/dəʊst/

1 meaning of dosed

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  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of dose.

    The vet carefully dosed the horse with a mild sedative.

    Each patient was dosed according to body weight.

    Note

    A regular past form: the verb adds -d to its silent-e stem, so the past tense and the participle share one spelling (she dosed the patient; the patient was dosed). The substance usually follows with. Context matters, because the form can also mean drugged without consent, carry a dated meaning of infected with venereal disease, or, in older texts, be an archaic spelling of dozed.

dosed is a form of dose

dose, verb: To give a measured amount of medicine to a person or animal. Full entry

Forms
dosedoses he/she/itdosing -ing formdosed past tense, past participle
Spelling
dose → dosed: add -d
Sound
The ending sounds like /t/.

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