doat
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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“Here then is a Corsair-song. Know that I doat on Corsairs; and for that reason, sing it con spirito.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
“Better than she ever used to do?—You see how my father and Mrs. Weston doat upon her.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
“Yes, I doat on Miss Georgiana!” cried the fervent Abbot.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
I expect no Quarter from the Dealers in monastick Learning, in Heraldry, and Genealogy, who generally doat upon them even to Frenzy.
From An Essay on Criticism by John Oldmixon
A Fiddle and a Treat had bore the Prize away, But when we old Fools doat, they make us pay.
From The Perjur'd Husband by Susanna Centlivre
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