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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
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decay of wood.
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Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English doten to behave foolishly, become feeble-minded; cognate with Middle Dutch doten.
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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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.
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