doat
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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“Yes, I doat on Miss Georgiana!” cried the fervent Abbot.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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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
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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
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Learn, that in the west we love the infantry, doat on the dragoons, but we adore the staff.
From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Lever, Charles James
Thy love I ask not to forsaken me, All that I ask is but to doat on thee.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander
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