doat

dote or doat (dəʊt)

—vb (foll by on or upon)
1.	to love to an excessive or foolish degree
2.	to be foolish or weak-minded, esp as a result of old age

[C13: related to Middle Dutch doten to be silly, Norwegian dudra to shake]

doat or doat

—vb

[C13: related to Middle Dutch doten to be silly, Norwegian dudra to shake]

'doter or doat

—n

'doater or doat

—n

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Example sentences

These fish were also a pilot project to actually see how the fish would doat this location and in this water.

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"When an old Woman begins to doat [sic], and grow chargeable to a Parish, she is generally turned into a Witch, and fills the whole Country with extravagant Fancies, imaginary Distempers, and terrifying Dreams. In the mean time, the poor Wretch that is the innocent Occasion of so many Evils begins to be frighted at her self, and sometimes confesses secret Commerces and Familiarities that her Imagination forms in a delirious old Age."

-Joseph Addison