Dosed

/doʊst/ verb

Gave or took a measured amount of medicine or drug; or exposed someone to something in a measured way.

From French 'dose' or Greek 'dosis' meaning 'a giving' or 'portion,' from 'dost' meaning 'to give.' The word entered English in the 1600s when modern medicine was developing and doctors needed to measure how much medicine to give.

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