Dose (dōs), n. [F. dose, Gr. δόσισ a giving, a dose, fr. διδόναι to give; akin to L. dare to give. See Date point of time.] 1. The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.
2. A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive.
3. Anything nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one.
I am for curing the world by gentle alteratives, not by violent doses. W. Irving.
I dare undertake that as fulsome a dose as you give him, he shall readily take it down. South.