DOCTORING
Definition
DOCTORING is the present participle of DOCTOR.
verb DOCTOR: alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive.
Examples
- “Her children doctored her back to health.”
- “They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.”
- “Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.”