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Dote n.
1. A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n.
2. pl. Natural endowments. [Obs.]
Dote, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Doted; p. pr. & vb. n. Doting.] [Written also doat.]
1. To act foolishly. [Obs.]
He wol make him doten anon right. --Chaucer.
2. To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel.
Time has made you dote, and vainly tell
Of arms imagined in your lonely cell. --Dryden.
He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died. --South.
3. To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon; as, the mother dotes on her child.
Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote. --Shak.
What dust we dote on, when 't is man we love. -- Pope.
Dote, n. An imbecile; a dotard.
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dote
v 1: be foolish or senile due to old age
2: shower with love; show excessive affection for; "Grandmother
dotes on her the twins"