bedoctor

verb3

1. •
   To confer a doctoral degree upon.

   • [...] why bedoctor this charming French writer? — 1887
2. •
   To address as 'doctor'.
3. •
   To care for in the manner of a doctor.

   • I'm with yearn, (my) sweetheart's too; Both of us should have a doctor, Doctor to bedoctor us, To deliver us from yearning. — 1967