Doatverb
See Dote.
Doteverb
To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.
‘Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him.’;
Doteverb
To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
Dotenoun
(Ireland) A darling, a cutie.
Dotenoun
(obsolete) An imbecile; a dotard.
Dotenoun
A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n.
Dotenoun
Natural endowments.
Dotenoun
An imbecile; a dotard.
Doteverb
To act foolishly.
‘He wol make him doten anon right.’;
Doteverb
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 tellOf arms imagined in your lonely cell.’; ‘He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.’;
Doteverb
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.’; ‘What dust we dote on, when 't is man we love.’;
Doteverb
be foolish or senile due to old age
Doteverb
shower with love; show excessive affection for;
‘Grandmother dotes on her the twins’;
