doctor up

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   alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

   “Sophisticate rose water with geraniol”

   Synonymssophisticatedoctor

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Questions about doctor up

What does doctor up mean?

doctor up means "alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive".

What is another word for doctor up?

Close synonyms include sophisticate, doctor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is doctor up a common word?

doctor up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.