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Dote
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What's The Definition Of Dote?
[v] shower with love; show excessive affection for; "Grandmother dotes on her the twins"
[v] be foolish or senile due to old age Synonyms | Synonyms for Dote: Related Terms | Find terms related to Dote: adore | babble | be fond of | be insane | be stupid | blather | blither | burble | coddle | dither | drivel | drool | enjoy | fancy | have a demon | hold dear | idolize | indulge | like | love | make much of | maunder | pamper | rage | ramble | rant | rave | run amok | run mad | slaver | slobber | spoil | wander | worship See Also | age | get on | love | maturate | mature Dote In Webster's Dictionary \Dote\, n. [See {Dot} dowry.]
1. A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st {Dot}, n. --Wyatt.
2. pl. Natural endowments. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
\Dote\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Doted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doting}.] [OE. doten; akin to OD. doten, D. dutten, to doze, Icel. dotta to nod from sleep, MHG. t?zen to keep still: cf. F. doter, OF. radoter (to dote, rave, talk idly or senselessly), which are from the same source.] [Written also {doat}.] 1. To act foolishly. [Obs.] He wol make him doten anon right. --Chaucer. 2. To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel. Time has made you dote, and vainly tell Of arms imagined in your lonely cell. --Dryden. He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died. --South. 3. To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon; as, the mother dotes on her child. Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote. --Shak. What dust we dote on, when 't is man we love. -- Pope. \Dote\, n. An imbecile; a dotard. --Halliwell. |
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