dote
to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually (usually followed by on or upon): They dote on their youngest daughter.
to show a decline of mental faculties, especially associated with old age.
decay of wood.
Origin of dote
1Other words from dote
- doter, noun
Words Nearby dote
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How to use dote in a sentence
So why does one species of dads dote over their children while the other bolts?
Sure, I like the going out to the restaurants and the the-ayters, and I dote on dancing; but—say—thats not all the game.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonWe'll all dote on him, hell be my reward If I dissemble.Lam.
The Little French Lawyer | Francis BeaumontIt is long since the sick world began to dote and talk idly: would she had but doted still!
Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter | Ben JonsonOftentimes I forget my very name, so sharp a pang striking through my forehead that I dote and stare and forget all else.
Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
If ever one creature did dote upon another, Mr. George loved that sweet child.
Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II | Various
British Dictionary definitions for dote
now rarely doat
/ (dəʊt) /
(foll by on or upon) to love to an excessive or foolish degree
to be foolish or weak-minded, esp as a result of old age
Origin of dote
1Derived forms of dote
- doter or now rarely doater, noun
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