doat
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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“Better than she ever used to do?—You see how my father and Mrs. Weston doat upon her.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
“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
“Yes, I doat on Miss Georgiana!” cried the fervent Abbot.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
What object would Mr. and Mrs. Hildyard have had to doat upon had their precious child been removed from their sight?
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various
Ye wildlings of Nature, I doat upon you, For ye waft me to summers of old, When the earth teemed around me with fairy delight.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Gordon Stables
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