Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Doctorate \Doc"tor*ate\, n. [Cf. F. doctorat.]
   The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.

Doctorate \Doc"tor*ate\, v. t.
   To make (one) a doctor.

         He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. --
                                                  Fuller.

Source : WordNet®

doctorate
     n : one of the highest academic degrees conferred by a
         university [syn: {doctor's degree}]