Dose, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dosed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.dosing.] [Cf. F. doser. See Dose, n.] 1. To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.
2. To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need.
A self-opinioned physician, worse than his distemper, who shall dose, and bleed, and kill him, “secundum artem.” South
3. To give anything nauseous to.