doat

/ (dəʊt) /

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verb

(intr) a variant (now rare) spelling of dote

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby doat

do a job on, do-all, do an about-face, do any good, do as I say, doat, doater, do away with, DOB, dobber, dobber-in

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How to use doat in a sentence

We cannot say love is a poison and a drunkenness till we are illuminated by Grace; in the meantime it is an evil we doat on.
The love letters of Abelard and Heloise|Peter Abelard
Pr'ythee, tell me what thou canst find to doat on in these Castilians?
Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18)|John Dryden
But he did not dream and doat; he never lost himself in haze of rapture; he was not blinded by any intolerable brightness.
Arundel|Edward Frederic Benson
I have ordered a carriage at eleven, and we'll buy all those pretty fixings you women doat on.
Not Pretty, But Precious|John Hay, et al.

What object would Mr. and Mrs. Hildyard have had to doat upon had their precious child been removed from their sight?
Harper's New Monthly Magazine|Various