dose
noun
- quantity of something (chemical, physical, or biological) that may impact an organism biologically
- the addition or administration of a substance
verb
- supply with medication
- to measure an appropriate amount of chemical for a given purpose
- add or administer substance to
Wiktionary
noun
- Archaic form of doze.
“Just at the dawning of the day, I fell into a dose more like sleep than any I had during the whole night, in which I dreamed that I saw a river as clear as crystal […]”
verb
- Archaic form of doze.
“It was to me a marvellous experience; to be here, propped up with pillows in a dimly-lighted room, the night-nurse idly dosing by the fire; the sound of the everlasting wind in my ears, howling outside […]”