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dote verb1. Also doat. ME.
[Corresp. to Middle Dutch doten be silly (whence Old French redoter, mod. radoter). Cf. DOIT verb.]
I. verb intrans.
Be silly or deranged; act or talk foolishly or stupidly. ME.
Coleridge Others..dote with a mad idolatry.
Have the intellect impaired through old age. ME.
G. Crabbe We grow unfitted for that world and dote.
Be infatuated; have or show excessive affection. (Foll. by on, upon, of.) L15.
J. A. Michener He doted upon her and was enraptured when she presented him with two strong sons. J. Barnes Perhaps those who forgive and dote are more irritating than they ever suspect.
II. verb trans.
Drive mad; make foolish; infatuate. L15-E17.
Have excessive affection for, dote on. L15-L17.
Say or think foolishly. M16-E17.
dotingly adverb in a doting manner or degree; infatuatedly; fondly: M16.