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dote
[doht] 
verb, dot⋅ed, dot⋅ing, noun –verb (used without object) Also, doat.
| 1. | to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually (usually fol. by on or upon): They dote on their youngest daughter. |
| 2. | to show a decline of mental faculties, esp. associated with old age. |
–noun
| 3. | decay of wood. |
Origin:
1175–1225; ME doten to behave foolishly, become feeble-minded; c. MD doten.
1175–1225; ME doten to behave foolishly, become feeble-minded; c. MD doten.
Related forms:
doter, noun
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| dote (dōt) intr.v. dot·ed, dot·ing, dotes To show excessive fondness or love: parents who dote on their only child. [Middle English doten.] dot'er n. |
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Dote
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
Dote\, n. An imbecile; a dotard. --Halliwell.
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Language Translation for : Dote
Spanish:
adorar,
German:
vernarrt sein in,
Japanese:
溺愛する
dote
c.1205, from M.L.G. doten "be foolish," of unknown origin. Dotage, lit. "the state of one who dotes," first recorded c.1390 for "senility." Dotard (n.) "imbecile" is attested from c.1386.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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