dote
verb (used without object)
to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually (usually followed by on orupon ).
doted
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past participleof dote.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dote.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
doteverb (used without object)to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually (usually followed by on orupon ).
Example Sentences
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Of course, ABC would make one of its core players the gauzy focus of a post-Oscars special, doted on by many of the 22 women who came before Paul.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
Known to the children as “aunty” or “grandma,” Johnson would treat them to dips in the pool at the Raffles and doted on them at the center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
She doted on her cats and her exotic orchids, and was known to neighbors for her delicious homemade bread.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
The only girl among six siblings, she was doted on by her family and brought up in comfort.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2025
Viola doted on her, which was odd since she barely tolerated the other cats—the Outside Cats—and sometimes swept them off the back porch with her broom.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
