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dote
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doʊt
/
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]
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verb,
dot·ed,
dot·ing,
noun
verb (used without object)
Also,
doat.
1.
to bestow or express excessive
love
or fondness habitually (usually followed by
on
or
upon
):
They dote on their youngest daughter.
2.
to show a decline of mental faculties, especially associated with old age.
noun
3.
decay of wood.
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Origin:
1175–1225;
Middle English
doten
to behave foolishly, become feeble-minded; cognate with
Middle Dutch
doten.
Related forms
dot·er,
noun
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Example Sentences
Sports fans who
dote
on statistics should get ready for a new lode.
New parents
dote
on their babies and toddlers, squealing with joy during their cheerleading efforts.
MacBride is the kind of intense, unpredictable, almost loopy kind of character that television audiences
dote
on.
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Sports fans who
dote
on statistics should get ready for a new lode.
New parents
dote
on their babies and toddlers, squealing with joy during their cheerleading efforts.
MacBride is the kind of intense, unpredictable, almost loopy kind of character that television audiences
dote
on.
Eugene is injured and awaiting a disability check, so he has time to
dote
on his pregnant wife.
Chocolate lovers can
dote
on a sensual fudge cake and chocolate pound cake.
If they
dote
on you, you're better off adjusting to the tougher social world in which you'll have to find your way.
Some grandparents gladly volunteer for a job that gives them a chance to
dote
.
She loved her nephews dearly and certainly did
dote
on them.
Though his mother continues to
dote
on him, everyone else is out to get him.
Village residents
dote
on the old-time ambience of the downtown area and the historic district on its southern edge.
Wahlstrom used to endlessly challenge and
dote
on her grandchildren.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
dote
c.1200, from M.L.G. doten "be foolish," of unknown origin. Dotage, lit. "the state of one who dotes," first recorded late 14c. for "senility." Related: Doted; dotes; doting.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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"The present is an age of talkers, and not of doers; and the reason is, that the world is growing old. We are so far advanced in the Arts and Sciences, that we live in retrospect, and
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