~ DOCTOR       id+ | CAPABLE OF TEACHING | from
               lat DOCTOR   from
                   DOCERE = TO TEACH
~ DOCTORESS    A FEMALE DOCTOR
^u             PERSON GRANTED A UNIVERSITY DEGREE
               TO IMPLY LEARNED
               also denotes a PHYSICIAN or SURGEON
               hx> THE TITLE DOCTOR FOR PHYSICIANS
                   IS A RELATIVELY NEW CUSTOM
               INITIATED MOSTLY IN ENGLAND
               in sp ukr etc PHYSICIANS ARE CALLED
               MEDIC in sp MEDICO or ukr LIKAR = HEALER
               note how TO DOCTOR implies HEALING or
               REPAIR  MEND  READJUST or also may indicate
               TO ADULTERATE  FALSIFY  TAMPER  CHANGE
~ DOCTRINAIRE  from lat DOCTRINA = DOCTRINE     sug> DOGMA
               id+ WHO THEORIZES WITHOUT BASIS or
                   WHO IS UNPRACTICAL or A VISIONARY
~ DOCTRINE     from lat DOCTRINA = TEACHING from
                        DOCERE     TO TEACH  TEACHING
               CREED  PRINCIPLES  BELIEF  DOGMA  PRECEPT  TENET
~ DOCUMENT     from lat DOCERE = TO TEACH              sug> CONDUCT
               A RECORD OF PROOF MOSTLY IN WRITTEN FORM
  often given attributes of OBJECTIVE  EVIDENCE etc
  ply> | DOCTORS DOCUMENT DOCTRINES |                  sug> DOGMA

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